Conteúdos contra-hegemônico nos Programas de Pós-Graduação em Estudos da Linguagem e/ou Letras

Abstract

The general objective of this dissertation was to research and analyze the counter-hegemonic content in postgraduate programs in language studies and/or literature, specifically in language and linguistics studies. The objects of analysis were the Postgraduate Program in Language Studies at the State University of Ponta Grossa (UEPG) and the Postgraduate Program in Literature at the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR). Thus, the research addresses themes that integrate social practices at the center of hegemonic control, in order to understand the counter-hegemonic movement present in the curricula of two postgraduate courses in language studies at UEPG and UFPR, in order to better understand this model of sociocultural practice. To support the analysis, post-critical curriculum theory was used, as we understand that it comes from other proposed approaches, such as critical and traditional theory, since these theories precede post-critical curriculum theory. It can be said that post-critical theory emerges as a way of confronting the traditional hegemonic paradigms that continue to be present in the curricula of postgraduate courses in Brazil (Santos, 2003). Furthermore, when studying language, it is impossible to dissociate it from the power relations that permeate it, since it is through language that we produce and reproduce patterns of domination pre-established by hegemony. The methodology adopted for this research was qualitative, documentary and bibliographical, and Bardin (2011) was used to understand the data analysis. When analyzing the curricula of the postgraduate programs of UEPG and UFPR, we found signs of counter-hegemonic actions present in these documents, through their course syllabi, found in material available on their respective websites.