O ethos em torno do homeschooling no Brasil: uma análise enunciativo-discursiva do site da ANED

Abstract

Debates about homeschooling in Brazil have been gaining increasing visibility, especially after the partial approval of a Bill that authorizes its practice in the country. In the polemic that divides supporters and opponents of this modality, the National Homeschooling Association (ANED) stands out, which, on its website, its positions and arguments are presented in defense of the modality, projecting positive self-images (ethos) to support the persuasive project. Understanding that meaning emerge through discourse, the objective of this dissertation is, therefore, to understand, based on the Discourse Analysis, which enunciative-discursive elements support the construction of the institutional ethos of this association and, consequently, the persuasive project of promoting homeschooling in the country. The corpus of this research consists of texts from the ANED (National Homeschooling Association) website, with the analysis being limited to those in which the enunciative and discursive marks reveal traits/elements of the subject in their configuration of ethos and the enunciation scene — encompassing scene, generic scene, and scenography (Dominique Maingueneau) — as subsidiaries of the construction of the institutional ethos, considering language as a fundamental interaction phenomenon in the teaching-learning process. For this, as a theoretical foundation, it draws on the concepts of the enunciation scene and ethos in Maingueneau (2005, 2008, 2015, 2020). Considering the interdisciplinary characteristic of Discourse Analysis (DA), it also establishes dialogues with the concept of ethos in Amossy's discursive-argumentative theory (2008, 2017, 2020) and the concept of interaction derived from Vygotsky's studies by Figueiredo (2019).