This paper examines the discursive workings of two cartoons by Angeli - originally published by Folha de São Paulo from 2007 through 2009 - that have Brazilian carnival for its theme. Especial attention is given to how the discursive memory, the senses and the subject's position are worked. Such analysis is based on the French Discourse Analysis by Michel Pêcheux and Jean Dubois in 1969 and on Mikhail Bakhtin's studies on dialogism and carnivalization, concepts that are the basis of this work. The preliminary analysis of the data suggests the emergence of a space for rupture of the dominant sense about what is considered obvious and natural in Brazil when the theme is carnival.
Carnival; Discourse Analysis; Discursive memory
