Critical analysis of discourse Why and what for? Bolivar Adriana (Compiler). 2007 Caracas, Central University of Venezuela

Abstract

In order to make the presentation of the text that we are going to review, we will carry out the enumeration of some theoretical reflections on the possibilities of that object called 'discourse' and around which we have tried to weave a large number of representations in the form of theories. There has not always been clarity in the texts dealing with discourse; there are gaps and doubts that are important to confront. This kind of introduction will help us understand the value and relevance of the book mentioned above.

Professor Patrick Charaudeau in a programmatic article, interestingly poses the epistemological problematic of this field called 'discourse analysis', since it is not always easy to determine properly discursive variables both in the constitution and in the selection of its object of study. We can ask ourselves about the type of epistemological exercise that most discourse analysts have tried to carry out and without going very far, the answer is still on the way to configuration.