Tra tradizione e innovazione: la costruzione discorsiva di un’università “world-leading”

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Carlo Perrotta

Abstract

Questo articolo applica l’analisi del discorso a due “testi” prodotti dall’università di Harvard: un estratto dal catalogo ufficiale dei corsi universitari, e la lista di corsi “HarvardX” offerti sulla piattaforma MOOC EdX. L’analisi dimostra come Harvard legittimi il proprio ruolo attraverso le due forme di offerte didattica, adottando un linguaggio apparentemente neutro per definire le identità e le pratiche di studenti tradizionali e “utenti” online. La sezione analitica riporta la descrizione delle strutture semiotiche e delle scelte grammatico-stilistiche nei due testi (in inglese). L’interpretazione suggerita è che le differenze tra i due testi siano, allo stesso tempo, di natura didattica e sociopolitica. L’articolo offre anche una panoramica originale su alcune delle pratiche didattiche adottate ad Harvard.

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