COD 2008 - G453

Pragmatics: "How to Do Things with Words"

Teachers of language and literature.

2 sesiones, inicia: 19-May

Ficha del curso

Ciclo: 2008
Nivel: General
Idioma: Inglés
Estado: Terminado
Lugar: ESSARP - Deheza 3139, CABA
Capacitador/es: Martha Patricia De Cunto
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Sesiones

Sesiones Fechas Inicia Termina
1 19 Mayo 2008 05:30 pm 08:30 pm
2 26 Mayo 2008 05:30 pm 08:30 pm

Capacitador/es

Martha Patricia De Cunto

She holds a Master of Arts in Literary Linguistics from the University of Nottingham, UK and is currently doing a PhD in Literature at the University of Buenos Aires. She is also pursuing a Master's Degree in Cultural Studies at UNR. She has been a lecturer in American Literature, Children's Literature, YAL Literature and Introduction to Literary Studies at I.E.S. Lenguas Vivas "Juan Ramón Fernández". She has also taught Creative Writing at ISP “Joaquín V. González”. She has been a teacher of Language and Literature in several schools in Buenos Aires for more than 30 years.
Teachers of language and literature.
- Raising pragmatic awareness. - Applying main pragmatic theoretical frameworks to literary texts and sitcoms.
First session: An introduction to Pragmatics. Grice's Theory of Conversational Implicature. Austin Theory of Speech Acts. Second session: Theory of Politeness. Application of theory to Literary extracts and sitcoms.
- Presentation and discussion of theoretical frameworks. - Analyzing two texts from the perspective of the theoretical frameworks. Extracts will be taken from Miller's "Death of a Salesman" and Tennessee Williams "A Streetcar Named Desire". It will also be applied to scenes from two sitcoms: Desperate Housewives and Seinfeld. - Discussing how the framework can be applied to their teaching material.
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