A Morte do cavalo: discursos de violência num jornal on-line de Dourados – MS

Abstract

This dissertation is inserted in the field of Discourse Study and aims to comprise the relationship among a statement on the indigenous theme of Dourados (Guarani, Kaiowá and Terena), Mato Grosso do Sul, broadcast by the municipality media, and the history of these peoples in the local entourage. The proposed problems are: to reveal how this individual is built from a memory; reflect on how the communication vehicle builds a certain perspective for this subject; spell out how the speeches are capable of creating effects of subjectification of indigenous people. However, opted, the online newspaper O Vigilante It was designated and a historical-discursive event entitled: “Horse dies of exhaustion after suffering mistreatment in Dourados”, published in 2017, on mentioned website, was selected from among its publications. The theoretical and methodological basis are centered, above all, on Michel Foucault, who favored to thinking about this subject and the power relations to which he is subject. As well, concepts by linguist Patrick Charaudeau are used, for whom the discourse of information establishes a social bond without which there would be no identity recognition; and the media as an interested party in this social practice. This dissertation is also based on Dominique Maingueneau, in particular, in his work Analysis of communication texts (2013). It is hoped, therefore, to problematize the illusory neutrality of journalistic discourses, to reflect how the image of the indigenous person through the social imaginary is historical and implies the power of discourse. This work expresses the desire to contribute to the perception of the presence of colonialist discourse in part of the journalistic speeches about the indigenous community of Dourados, feeding a memory and the position of the readers of the news.