O discurso e a ressignificação da história: o atentado da rua Tonelero

Abstract

The 50‘s were not easy for the Brazilian president Getúlio Vargas. His ―return due to people‘s will‖ was not enough to gain support from the House of Representatives. In that situation, his opositor Carlos Lacerda was politically stronger, and Getúlio Vargas had no influence like he used to do. The president‘s performance was not the same as before. The man who had been the leader of the 30‘s Revolution and established the dictatorship of Estado Novo and also ruled the country for almost 19 years, with a break between 1945 and 1950, was not playing an active role anymore. Carlos Lacerda was the UDN party leader and also the main opponent to the government system of that period. Lacerda used to publishing constantly about what he would consider to be Getúlio‘s government flaws. According to Lacerda, Getúlio had created a ―sea mud‖. Considering that particular situation of instability, on August the 5th, 1954, Carlos Lacerda was assaulted. That assault mistakenly resulted on Major Rubens Vaz death. Rubens Vaz was strangelly responsible for Carlos Lacerda safeguard at that night. This unexpected attack would culminate in Getúlio Vargas suicide, 19 days later. When Getúlio heard the news about the attack, he said: ―I was also shot, on my back‖. This Doctoral Thesis aims to analyse the statements found in specific newspapapers on the light of Discourse Analysis: O Globo, Diário Carioca, Tribuna da Imprensa and A Última Hora. All the analysed statements are due to the period of August, 1954. The reinterpretation of the Borromean rings is here used as an analysis mechanism. This reinterpretation mechanism is named in this paper as ―(Re)interpretation rings‖. Through this proposed mechanism, the aim is finding and demonstrating lacks, excesses and strangements in the statements analysed. The assumption of media involvement in Getúlio‘s suicide is highly considered in this Thesis. Militar influence is also believed. Historical materiality elements are taken into consideration, since they are responsible for awareness of the elements of knowledge. These elements are originated from different fields of interdiscourse and in the observed Discourse Processes. The analyses here presented allow the identification of representation pieces, linked to an imagery that acts through the symbolic process, according to different discursive formations, allowing us to hog a limelight on media distortions about the case. The discursive reference sequences point out the media unfair involvement and broadcasting which culminated in Getúlio‘s suicide. Keywords: Discourse Analysis, Press, Getúlio Vargas, Carlos Lacerda, (Re)interpretation Rings.