Language, racism, power and carnivalization: a dialogic analysis of cartoons

ABSTRACT

This study aims to investigate language from a dialogical perspective, as an ideological phenomenon, as a social product and its relationship with those who hold power in social institutions, as it is conditioned by social organizations, which use it to fulfill their socio-ideological interests, presenting an order considered stable by society. We seek to show how some of these interests are questioned and how a new order in the cartoon genre is proposed based on carnivalesque language, which encourages the reader to reflect about its reality. Therefore, 02 cartoons were chosen at random, but which have in common the denunciations of social and racial injustices. We use notions from dialogic theory such as language, context, ideology, dialogic relations, enunciation and carnivalization. The analysis shows that the use of carnivalization makes evident the racism present in society, power relations and, at the same time, the injustices committed by those who hold power in society against minorities, prompting the reader to reflect about these issues and to stand for them.