Name Michel Pecheux Role Philosopher | Died 1983 | |
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Books Language, Semantics and Ideology: Stating the Obvious, Automatic Discourse Analysis | ||
Education Ecole Normale Superieure | ||
Michel pecheux analise de discurso
Michel Pêcheux (1938–1983) was a French philosopher. In the 1960s, Pêcheux became involved with the journal Cahiers pour l'Analyse, where he began developing his own unique model of 'discourse analysis'. In all of his contributions to the Cahiers, Pêcheux used the pseudonym Thomas Herbert.
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He is the father of the french branch of discourse analysis, developed with concepts from historical materialism, linguistics and psychoanalysis, inspired by Louis Althusser, Ferdinand de Saussure and Jacques Lacan.
Discourse Analysis in Brazil
Pêcheux's Discourse Analysis had an inpact in Brazil since his oeuvres were translated into Portuguese by Eni Orlandi, who continued his work and advanced the theory in Brazil. The subject is part of the Letters and Social Communication program at some federal universities, such as Fluminense Federal University.
