IMAGES TO THINK ABOUT OTHERS: THE TEXTUALIZATION OF THE POLITICIAN IN THE NON-VERBAL

Abstract

This paper aims to analyze discursive mechanisms as means of social control in interfictional dialogues, considering the character Simão Bacamarte by Machado de Assis (2019) and the Brazilian medium Jhon of God. The discussion presented seeks to demonstrate the textualization of the politician in the non-verbal terms through the analysis of images from the books O Alienista (2019) by Machado de Assis and A Casa by Chico Felitti (2020). We therefore sought paths that would guide the investigation of what Pêcheux (1990) calls “discursive event”, from the perspective of an encounter between a memory and a current situation – exploring the possibility of a slippage of meaning between dominant subjects and an interpellation that metaphorizes them in a single discursive subject. The theoretical basis adopted for analysis follows the assumptions of French school Discourse Analysis, as well as the considerations of Souza (1998 and others) regarding the analysis of non-verbal. We consider a possible relationship of similarity between the discursive mechanisms of social control exercised by the subjects Simão Bacamarte and João de Deus in their respective fictional poles