Narrativa biográfica e a construção discursiva da história: um estudo do caso Coluna Prestes, pelo olhar da biógrafa Anita Leocádia Prestes

Abstract

The life trajectory of emblematic political figures in Brazilian history can be (re)constructed and (re)signified through a discursive reconstruction of the past. Historiographical biography provides a unique space for expressing new perspectives on reported events, functioning as a locus of counter-argumentation against previously established discourses about the biographed figure. In this sense, this genre fosters reflections on the relationships between history, memory, and identity, contributing to the production of (new) meanings through a memorialistic narrative. From this perspective, this study analyzes the projected images of Luiz Carlos Prestes associated with the political-military movement of the Coluna Prestes as presented in Luiz Carlos Prestes, um comunista brasileiro, written by his daughter, Anita Leocádia Prestes. To achieve this, we employ the Modes of Discourse Organization proposed by Charaudeau’s Semiolinguistic Theory (2008), with a focus on the Descriptive and Narrative Modes. The study highlights how historiographical biographical writing articulates memory and identity, generating effects from its discursive materiality that resonate with the memories of Luiz Carlos Prestes from the author's perspective and, concurrently, with the collective memory of the Brazilian nation.