Manipulação discursiva na narrativa A tentação de Jesus no deserto: uma proposta de leitura para o 3º ano do ensino médio.

Abstract

Discursive manipulation is a language phenomenon that is present in people's daily speeches. It is an induction tool that can be used both positively and negatively, depending on the manipulator's intention. From this perspective, this research aims to analyze the discursive manipulation strategies present in the biblical narrative The temptation of Jesus in the desert as a reading proposal for high school. To do so, we articulate a theoretical framework on Discursive Semiotics, with emphasis on manipulation strategies; we discussed the practice of reading articulated to parameterizing documents; we describe the manipulation strategies in favor of the arguments that make up the research corpus as a proposal for a debate adaptable to basic education. In this sense, this investigation is essentially based on the theoretical contributions of Discursive Semiotics with Greimas (1973, 1975), also considering Courtés (1979) and others who defend this theory. The methodology adopted is that of discourse analysis, as it explores elements of discourse. The corpus approach is qualitative, since we did not make use of statistical methods and techniques, but we seek to understand and interpret what the discourse says. Furthermore, it is considered an applied study as it aims to contribute to the practice of reading in the basic education classroom. The research universe is the narratives that make up the synoptic Gospel of Matthew. From this universe, the corpus chosen was the text The temptation of Jesus in the desert (MATEUS 4, 111) because it is a narrative that, despite being written twelve centuries ago, expresses aspects of the discourse based on intentionality of a manipulative nature. The category of analysis was the manipulation strategies that are present in the discourse. To look objectively at this category, we follow the criteria: a) does the narrative The temptation of Jesus in the desert show manipulation? b) what are the manipulation strategies present in the corpus discourse of analysis? In theory, we conclude that, from the reading proposal made to meet the research objectives, three remarkable moments of manipulation were found: the first and second as two provocations and the third as a temptation.