The discursive construction of the politics of resistance in Companheiras, by Eneida de Moraes

Abstract

This article aims to investigate the discursive construction of the politics of resistance in the chronicle Companheiras, by the Eneida de Moraes (1903–1971), as well as to identify the social voices expressed through this discourse. The text was written in the 1950s, however, it reports historical facts from the 1930s. We selected excerpts from the text, which mark the path of the subject confined in prison, immobilized by repression, but finding ways to survive and resist the imposed coercion. We depart from the theoretical assumptions of French Semiotics, elucidating narrative and discursive aspects, incidences of elements of the tensive aspect, also highlighting the concept of forms of life in the way Fontanille (2015) uses it. The analysis reveals that the discourse of resistance is constructed by the uniqueness of social voices that confront an authoritarian and repressive power system. It is a discourse woven in actions of collective resistance sustained in affectivities and in the sharing of the same ideological thinking in favor of a new political organization based on democratic principles and freedom of expression. Thus, the work contributes to the understanding of discursivities ideologically located in the field of resistance politics and confrontations with power systems.