Horizonte ideológico, discurso alheio e polêmica no livro-manifesto de Zacarias de Góis e Vasconcelos

Abstract

The objective of this work is to recover the ideological horizon of the manifesto book “Da natureza e limites do Poder Moderador”, authored by Zacarias de Góis e Vasconcelos, by analyzing the presence of this horizon in the forms of transmission of the reported speech. It is one of the most relevant texts in Brazilian political history, constructed in dialogue with the immediate political context and broad ideological trends. The study began with a definition of the manifesto genre and the tripartite organization of the work, selecting the two most important and extensive parts for analysis. In light of concepts from the works of the Bakhtin Circle, we analyzed how the reported speech manifests itself in the statements, sometimes building the foundations for the defense of the author's position, sometimes becoming the target of open controversy between the author and his political opponents. The results indicate that Zacarias de Góis e Vasconcelos contemplates a broad ideological horizon and that his way of comparing opposing ideas on the same theme, using polemic and forms of transmission of the reported speech, makes the manifesto book in question a record of the possibility of defending points of view while maintaining a dialogical stance.