Cultural theory/critical theory/literary theory -- Mainstream linguistics -- Social psychology/critical linguistics -- Cultural theory and models of discourse -- Michel Foucault and discourse -- Literature as a discourse -- Ideology and truth -- The subject -- Determinants of discourse -- Language, discourse and ideology -- The episteme -- The statement -- The discourse/discourses -- The archive -- Exclusions within discourse -- Circulation of discourses -- Conclusions -- Confessional discourse -- Discourses of femininity and heterosexuality -- Access to discourse -- Discourses in conflict -- Conclusions -- Othering -- Challenging othering -- Psychoanalysis and discourse theory -- Conclusions -- Discourse analysis -- Social psychologists and discourse -- Critical discourse analysis -- Conclusions.