The aim of this paper is to analyse the interaction in the novel, starting from the principle that discourses can not be structured as reported speeches, for they are representations of the interaction between subjects and their axiological positions. This paper also analyses the relationship between Linguistics and Literature, sharing Maingueneau's view that one can not continue to think this relationship dichotomically, for both sciences of language bring new discoveries for the literary text. Taking Bakhtinian discourse theory as our base, this article studies the discourses in a fragment of Capitães de Areia, which reveals the clash of views of the world: that of the elite and that of the excluded, represented artistically in the novel.
interaction; novel; discourse; social voices