THE EUCHARIST IN AN UNARTICULATED WORLD
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Abstract
Ethnographic data from the lived experiences of teenagers participating in the weekly observance of the Eucharist provided rich data for an application of Bakhtinian approaches to discourse in order to inform current practice. Bakhtin’s understanding of dialogism and heteroglossia asserts that all discourse communities are located in historical situations that involve complex interactions. Each utterance takes meaning from its “actual social life.” Bakhtin gives priority to utterances that occur in context and focuses on the intentional negotiation of meaning and interpretation between author and reader, or, in this case, researcher, participant, and community. The research provides opportunity for teenagers to “answer with their lives” the meaning of the Eucharist.1
KEYWORD: Eucharist. Bakhtin. Dialogism. Heteroglossia.
RESUMO
Os dados etnográficos oriundos das experiências vividas pelos adolescentes que participam semanalmente na eucaristia forneceram dados preciosos para uma aplicação das perspetivas bakhtinianas ao discurso de modo a compreender a prática atual. A compreensão de Bakhtin do dialogismo e da heteroglossia sustenta que todas as comunidades discursivas se encontram em situações históricas que envolvem interações complexas. Cada afirmação assume significado a partir de sua « vida social atual ». Bakhtin dá prioridade às afirmações que ocorrem em contexto e concentra-se na negociação intencional do significado e da interpretação entre o autor e o leitor, ou, nesse caso, entre o pesquisador participante e a comunidade. A pesquisa dá a oportunidade aos adolescentes de «responder com suas próprias vidas » ao significado da eucaristia.
PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Eucartistia. Bakhtin.Dialogismo. Heteroglossia.
RÉSUMÉ
Les données ethnographiques provenant des expériences vécues par les adolescents qui participent hebdomadairement à l'eucharistie ont fourni des riches données pour une application des approches bakhtiniennes au discours, dans le but d'éclairer la pratique actuelle. Bakhtine comprend le dialogisme et l’hétéroglossie au sein de communautés discursives situées dans des contextes historiques et impliquant des interactions complexes. Chaque énoncé prend son sens de la « vie sociale réelle ». Bakhtine accorde une priorité aux énoncés qui se produisent dans un certain contexte et se concentre sur la négociation intentionnelle du sens et de l’interprétation, ménée entre l'auteur et le lecteur, ou, dans le cas présent, entre le chercheur participant et la communauté. La recherche offre la possibilité aux adolescents de donner un sens à l'eucharistie « à travers leur propre vie ».
MOTS CLÉS: Eucharistie. Bakhtin. Dialogisme. Heteroglossie.
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