REPRESENTAÇÕES DISCURSIVAS DE SI E DA DOCÊNCIA EM NARRATIVAS DE VIDA DE PROFESSORAS DA EDUCAÇÃO RURAL: UM ESTUDO SEMÂNTICO-ARGUMENTATIVO
REPRESENTAÇÕES DISCURSIVAS DE SI E DA DOCÊNCIA EM NARRATIVAS DE VIDA DE PROFESSORAS DA EDUCAÇÃO RURAL: UM ESTUDO SEMÂNTICO-ARGUMENTATIVO
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.22533/at.ed.542122503063
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Palavras-chave: Análise Textual dos Discursos. Nível Semântico. Representações Discursivas. Esquematização. Docência Rural.
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Keywords: Textual Discourse Analysis; Semantic Level; Discursive Representations; Schematization; Rural Teaching.
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Abstract: This article proposes an analysis of the discursive representations constructed by retired rural education teachers about themselves and the teaching profession, based on their life narratives. It is grounded in Jean-Michel Adam’s Textual Discourse Analysis (TDA) (2011, 2022) and Jean-Blaise Grize’s Natural Logic and Theory of Argumentation (1982, 1990), which conceive representations not as mere reflections of reality, but as active and intentional constructions aimed at persuasion or conviction. The study investigates how these educators’ life experiences—often marked by precarity and resilience—are discursively schematized to convey a point of view and argumentative intentionality regarding rural teaching. The methodology, theoretical and basic in nature, employs qualitative analysis of the life narrative of a rural teacher (referred to as Professor Carolina, a pseudonym), using the semantic categories of TDA: referentiation, predication, modifiers, and spatial and temporal locators. The research aims to identify how these linguistic and discursive elements articulate the representation of the self as a resilient subject and the representation of teaching as an activity that demands commitment and perseverance, despite socio-political contradictions. The analysis of Professor Carolina’s narrative reveals a discursive construction of self-identity grounded in resilience, forged in the sociohistorical conditions of the Alto Oeste Potiguar region, characterized by heavy reliance on agricultural labor and limited access to formal education. The representation of the teaching profession, in turn, emerges as precarious, illustrated by political neglect and the lack of remuneration for educators. Nonetheless, the narrative highlights a strong professional commitment and resilience, with the teacher having exceeded the expectations of her time and becoming an agent of social transformation in her community. The analysis also underscores teaching as a reflection of gender relations, given the predominance of women in rural education. It is concluded that the articulation between Adam’s TDA and Grize’s Natural Logic proves fruitful for unveiling the complexity of discursive representations in life narratives, revealing not only textual architecture but also argumentative intentionality and underlying values. The study contributes to the field of Textual Linguistics and Discourse Analysis by valuing the voices and experiences of rural teachers, often rendered invisible in the history of Brazilian education.
- Jhonnys Ferreira do Nascimento
- Maria Eliete de Queiroz