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STUDENT : MARILIA VARELA SOARES DE GOIS
DATE: 09/01/2026
TIME: 09:00
LOCAL: Videoconferencia
TITLE:

Discursive Representations of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Folha de S. Paulo Editorials: The First 100 Days of His Third Term

KEY WORDS:

Key-words: Textual Discourse Analysis; Discursive representations; media discourse; editorials; President Lula.

PAGES: 160
BIG AREA: Lingüística, Letras e Artes
AREA: Lingüística
SUBÁREA: Teoria e Análise Lingüística
SUMMARY:

This work investigates the discursive representations of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva constructed in Folha de S. Paulo’s editorials during the first hundred days of his third term. The research is anchored in Textual Discourse Analysis, a theoretical and descriptive framework developed by Adam (2011, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022), situated within the field of Text Linguistics. Focusing on the semantic level, it specifically addresses the notion of Discursive representation (Adam, 1999, 2011; Rodrigues et al., 2011; Rodrigues et al., 2012; Rodrigues et al., 2014; Passeggi, 2016, 2024). Methodologically, this research is qualitative, descriptive, interpretivist, bibliographical, and documental, employing a deductive-inductive method. The semantic operations employed include reference, predication, and modification (of reference and predication), complemented by the analytical steps proposed by Passeggi (2024). The analytical procedures include the semantic operations of referencing, predication, and modification (of referentiation and predication), in addition to the stages of analysis proposed by Passeggi (2024). The corpus comprises five editorials from Folha de S. Paulo, published between January 1 and April 10, 2023. Initially, Clauses mentioning President Lula (or his anaphoric references) were identified, semantic categories were marked and quantified, and the discursive representations constructed by the editorials were subsequently interpreted. Preliminary results identify three cognitive dimensions of representation, each constructing distinct images of President Lula through referencers, qualifiers, predicators, circumstantials, and implicit elements. The first dimension is populist, concerning President Lula’s relationship with his public and highlighting traits such as 'uninhibited oratory,' 'unprecedented self-confidence,' 'improvisation,' combativeness, and recklessness. The second dimension is administrative, portraying the referent as a manager, particularly in his interactions with the Legislative Branch, and associating his image with positive attributes such as 'pragmatism,' 'cordiality,' and a willingness to negotiate and make concessions. The third dimension is partisan, presenting the referent as a party leader, suggesting that he prioritizes party interests over national ones in key state decisions, thereby evoking an anti-republican image. The results further illustrate the exercise of semantic balance in editorial discourse, a genre conceived to align a newspaper’s social and commercial interests.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Presidente - 349707 - LUIS ALVARO SGADARI PASSEGGI
Interna - 349685 - MARIA DAS GRACAS SOARES RODRIGUES
Externa à Instituição - ANAHY SAMARA ZAMBLANO DE OLIVEIRA - UPE