As condições de produção no discurso literário Esaú e Jacó, de Machado de Assis

Abstract

This thesis examines the conditions of production in the literary discourse Esaú e Jacó, by Machado de Assis, produced in 1904, in Brazil. Our study is based on French Discourse Analysis, especially on the theoretical-methodological assumptions of Maingueneau (1997, 1998, 2000, 2007, 2008a, 2008b, 2008c, 2010, 2013, 2015a, 2015b, 2016a, 2016b, 2016c, 2016d, 2020) about the constitutional literary discourse and literary paratopia. The central problem that this research seeks to solve is: how do the conditions of production underlie the development of the discourse Esaú e Jacó? As research hypotheses, we understand that Machado de Assis's enunciation in the discourse Esaú e Jacó is constituted through an authorial paradox that is based on the socio-historical conditions of production. We also understand that the conditions of production of the lifeworld underlie the development of Machado de Assis' discourse Esau and Jacob. And therefore the conditions of production of the world of the system are not as fundamental as the conditions of production of the world of everyday life. Our general objective is to examine the conditions of production and, through this, to evaluate the elements of the lifeworld and the system that underlie the discourse. As a specific objective, we want to verify the development of scenography, discursive ethos and paratopia based on the conditions of production and interdiscourse. Our thesis innovates by evaluating a corpus traditionally analyzed by Literature and, therefore, little or never examined in light of discourse studies. Furthermore, it seeks to expand the notion of conditions of discourse production, by proposing a division into two complementary levels, conditions of production of the world of life and conditions of production of the world of the system. Everyday experiences, shared evidence, communicative action, etc., make up the world of life; institutional practices are part of the world of the system. The relationship between the conditions of production is one of dependence and colonization, since the system depends on life, but constantly tries to colonize it