A produção discursiva da crise econômica e das reformas neoliberais na revista Fórum e Veja

Abstract

This study analyzed the meanings surrounding the economic crisis in its connections with neoliberal ideology in Brazil, based on discursive sequences published in the online magazines Fórum and Veja. The selection of discourse was based on themes related to labor reform, secondary education reform, and pension reform, during the years 2017 and 2019. The work is primarily grounded in the theoretical framework of materialist Discourse Analysis, especially the contributions of Eni Orlandi, as well as reflections on the economic crisis by István Mészáros, seeking to analyze generality, singularity, and their repercussions in discourse. The research corpus was constructed from searches conducted on the websites of the magazines, in accordance with the proposed objective, focusing on discourses such as labor reform, secondary education reform, and pension reform. Based on these searches, discursive sequences (DSs) were collected in order to better understand the meanings conveyed in representing these reforms amid the economic crisis in Brazil. The results indicate that, despite the left-wing political orientation of Fórum magazine and the criticisms presented in its articles, its stance is not revolutionary and tends toward maintaining the democratic model, which functions as a state apparatus for reproducing the needs of the capitalist system. In contrast, Veja magazine was shown to be favorable to neoliberal policies, through discourses aligned with the business and private market sectors.