Jornalismo como trincheira: o discurso crítico de Rachel de Queiroz na revista O Cruzeiro na década de 50

Abstract

The present work proposes to analyze the critical discourse of the chronicler Rachel de Queiroz in her 'Last Page' column of the magazine O Cruzeiro, in the 50s, and investigate if it is configured as a social practice. She is the journalist who most acted in the Brazilian press, were 70 years old, having started her career in the newspaper O Ceará at age 16 and ended at 93 years in the State. We catalog 496 chronicles and in them we observe the humanitarian intentions of the chronicler in denouncing the neglect with the abandoned childhood and with the Northeastern, retired, victims of the drought. Rachel de Queiroz criticizes racial prejudice in Brazil, Brazilian politics, discrimination suffered by women, lack of appreciation of Brazilian culture and literature. Given the rich and profuse production of the author, we seek to undertake our analyzes from a cut. Thus, our methodological option led to the definition of nine chronicles to proceed with the Critical Discourse Analysis, which contemplate the heart of the present Dissertation: 'journalism as a trench' in the pages of the illustrated magazine of the skyscrapers.