ANÁLISE CRÍTICA DO DISCURSO E LETRAMENTO

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to discuss what people say about literacy in real texts in discursive literacy practices. An attempt is made to integrate the linguistic theory of Critical Discourse Analysis with anthropological studies of literacy practices. The data consists of texts and a short play written by learners and teachers in a community adult literacy programme. The analysis of learners’ texts indicates that learners often reproduce the dominant educational practice. This is achieved by means of a ‘disciplinary subject position’ which is constituted for them. The analysis of the play suggests, however ,that learners are aware of the unequal power relations and a second subject position is defined, that of the ‘community subject’.