BETWEEN THE DISCOURSE, THE POWER AND THE SELF-ALIENATION

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https://doi.org/10.37782/thaumazein.v18i36.5160

Abstract

The central aim of this article is to analyze the construction of the protagonist character Naziazeno Barbosa in the novel Os Ratos by Dyonelio Machado, based on Foucault’s proposals regarding the link between discourse and power. Analyzing the work from this point of view leads to a deeper reflection to understand the power of discourse that materializes ideologies and its circular effect on the positions interesting to the political groups and dominant classes in the Vargas government. We also seek to understand the construction of a fragile and anhistorical character absorbed in the search for a solution to his financial problems, hostage to time, political, and monetary power within the established capitalist logic. The central question revolves around how the power of discourse crosses Naziazeno in the 1930s, leading him to silence and making it impossible for him to be critically aware of himself and the reality surrounding him.

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Águida Assunção Sá, Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro - UFTM

Mestre em Educação no Programa de Pós-graduação em Educação (PPGE) da Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro (UFTM). Experiência na área de Literatura e revisão de livros. Membro do grupo de pesquisa Studia Brasiliensia (CNPq).

Lúcio Álvaro Marques, Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro - UFTM

Professor do Magistério Superior na Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro (UFTM/CNPq). Atua no Departamento de Filosofia e Ciências Sociais (DFICS) e no Programa de Pós-graduação stricto sensu em Educação (PPG Educação). Tem Pós-doutorado em Filosofia Brasileira pela Universidade do Porto / Portugal (UPORTO / 2015). Doutorado em Filosofia pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS / 2012-2014). 

Published

2026-01-08

How to Cite

Sá, Águida A., & Marques, L. Álvaro. (2026). BETWEEN THE DISCOURSE, THE POWER AND THE SELF-ALIENATION. Thaumazein: Revista Online De Filosofia, 18(36), 119–135. https://doi.org/10.37782/thaumazein.v18i36.5160

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