THE RESEARCHER'S POSITIONS ON THE BNCC: A LINGUISTIC-DISCURSIVE ANALYSIS IN DISSERTATIONS
Discourse Analysis; National Common Curricular Base (BNCC); Dissertations; Researcher-Subject; Position-Taking
This study investigates how researcher-authors position themselves in their dissertations when examining the Base Nacional Comum Curricular (BNCC – National Common Curricular Base) as an object of inquiry, and the meaning effects such positionings produce. Specifically, it analyzes, from a linguistic perspective, the processes of identification and counter-identification expressed in their writing, and the implications of these processes. The research aims to: (a) examine how researcher-authors conceptualize, characterize, and engage in coreference with the BNCC, and how these practices contribute to constructing an image of the object; (b) identify the discourses that permeate their writing when discussing the BNCC; and (c) explore how the BNCC’s official discourse may influence their writing, potentially constraining their position-taking.Grounded in French Discourse Analysis and informed by Pêcheux (2014a, 2014b), the study adopts a qualitative approach based on Ginzburg’s (1989) evidential paradigm. The corpus consists of four dissertations sourced from the Biblioteca Digital Brasileira de Teses e Dissertações (BDTD – Brazilian Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations) and online repositories of Brazilian federal universities, supplemented by excerpts from the BNCC itself. Preliminary findings indicate a predominance of laudatory discourse toward the BNCC, reflecting an alignment between the authors and the discursive formation sustaining dominant and institutionalized discourse, thereby reinforcing its reproduction. Nevertheless, instances of counter-identification also emerge, expressed through criticism of the document, alongside traces of heterogeneity within the authors’ discursive formation.