O DISCURSO DO OUTRO: PERSPECTIVAS E DESAFIOS SOBRE LEITURA(S) EM REDAÇÕES DE VESTIBULARES

Abstract

This paper is based on the analysis of a 1000 grade essay from the 2019 edition of the Brazilian National High School Exam and on the assumptions of the Dialogic Theory of Language (Bakthin, 2015; 2018c), especially the notions of "chronotope", "other’s speech" and "authorship", to bring up considerations about the teaching of reading in Brazil and its consequences, especially in textual production. According to the official documents guiding national education - National Curriculum Parameters and the National Common Core Curriculum - the notion of reading and its direction for pedagogical practices point to a critical, reflective and analytical stance on the process of reading on the part of the student. The study of the selected essay covers its sphere of circulation, its compositional structure and its stylistic aspects. The results obtained indicate that, in the mobilization of the socio-cultural repertoire, there is a certain disruption between the original value of quoted statements and the value used in the text. The compositional structure is very similar to that of other essays with top marks, but the participant is able to use voices from different spheres, which not only support his arguments, but also enhance his position on the subject. We understand that these reflections go through tensions related to concrete, socially constituted subjects who take part in an assessment situated in a specific time-space and, for that, they mobilize the other’s speech in the essays.