Discursive formation, authorship, affiliations and metaphor

Abstract

In this essay we resume the notions of discursive formation (DF) - to be questioned -, discursive memory, identity, and metaphor, establishing a context to deal with the authorship process. We try to reason in a sense that, beyond DF's semantic ressignification, it would be relevant to disrupt it as the topic unit it is, in favor of discourse networks (affiliations) associated to fragmented territories with conformation visible only after the analytical course. The crossing of territories would provide a theoretically more convenient image (historical path) of a discursive object, alternativelly aiming its "passage" in the dircoursive landscape, and the heterogeneity that characterizes it. We also discuss the DF's proposal as a non-topic unit (as per Maingueneau). The authorial function is taken up in this configuration, pointing out some analysis possibilities, including the metaphorical effect.