Name : Tomi Alfiyan

NIM : E1D019202
Class : 5TP-3

Critical discourse analysis

Critical discourse analysis is a medium for expressing power, domination, and inequality that
is practiced, reproduced, or opposed by written texts and conversations in social and political
contexts. This analysis takes a position against the current of domination in a grand
framework to fight social injustice. Critical Discourse Analysis is a social constructivist
approach that believes that the representation of the world is linguistic discursive, meaning is
historical and knowledge is created through social interaction.
Critical discourse analysis begins with the emergence of the concept of critical language
analysis (Critical Language Awareness) in the world of western education. Critical discourse
analysis is a continuation or even part of discourse analysis (Discourse Analysis. The study of
discourse analysis (Discourse Analysis) is very broad both in terms of its scope,
methodology, and meaning. Critical discourse analysis has different characteristics from
discourse analysis that is "non-literal". critical ", which tends to only describe the structure of
a discourse. This analysis goes further, including by exploring the reasons why a discourse
has a certain structure, which will ultimately lead to an analysis of social relations between
the parties included in the discourse. This analysis is also a critique of linguistics and
sociology Critical discourse analysis provides theories and methods that can be used to carry
out empirical studies of the relationships between discourse and social and cultural
development in different social domains.To analyze discourse, one of which can be seen in
linguistic area, huh That is by paying attention to the sentences contained in the novel text
that can use critical discourse analysis theory.
There are several consequences in viewing discourse. First, discourse is seen as something
that has a purpose, such as influencing, debating, persuading, refuting, reacting, and so on.
Someone who speaks or writes has a specific purpose, both big and small. Second, discourse
is understood as something that is expressed consciously, controlled, not something that is
out of control or expressed outside of consciousness.
• Context
There are several contexts that are important because they affect the production of discourse.
First, discourse participants, namely the background that produces the discourse, such as
gender, age, education, social class, ethnicity, religion, and many things that are relevant in
describing the discourse. Second, certain social settings such as place, time, position of
speaker and listener or physical environment are useful contexts for understanding a
discourse.
• Historical
One of the most important aspects of being able to understand a text is placing the text
according to its position in history.
• Power
Power exerts control over one person or group controlling another person or group through
discourse. Control here does not always have to be physical and direct, but also mentally and
psychologically.
• Ideology
The ideology of the dominant group is only effective if the community views the ideology
conveyed as truth and reasonableness. Ideology makes members of a group act in similar
situations, can relate their problems, and contribute to forming solidarity and cohesion within
the group.