Question
‘…creativity, play and attention to the aesthetic aspects of communication are strongly evident in political discourse.’
(Lillis, T. (2016) ‘Creativity in political discourse’ in Hann, D. and Lillis, T. The politics of language and creativity in a globalised world. Milton Keynes: The Open University. p. 88)
Drawing on concepts from Block 3 and using examples to support your argument, to what extent do you agree with Lillis?
Guidance notes
You will need to draw upon concepts and examples of texts and practices that you have encountered in Block 3 of the module. You should support and illustrate your arguments with ideas from the block and, if you wish, these may be supplemented by relevant material from elsewhere in the module or beyond it.
There is potentially a very large amount of material from Block 3 that could be relevant for this question, including the concepts of process, purpose and product. Unit 16 explores how linguistic activity provides a resource for political activity. Unit 17 introduces the debate over the persuasive aspects of creative political activity and social change. In Unit 20, the issues of creativity and agency are examined in the context of globalisation, and in Unit 21, the relationship between creativity, the power of the state and the regulation of creative products is examined. This list is not exhaustive and so you will need to be selective and decide which resources can help you to answer the question most effectively.
A plagiarism detector will be used for all essays, do not use Ai or ChatGPT.