Abstract:
This paper aim to call into question the role of writing in the foreign language learning process and in the construction of 'self' in another language. To achieve this goal, we analyzed texts written by Portuguese learners, which were produced during the school year of 2013-2014. Inserted in the Applied Linguistics field, this discussion is grounded on the theoretical intersection among discourse, psychoanalysis, and deconstruction studies, and understands that writing in another language not only (de)(an)nounces representations of the foreigner, but also works as a mirror for a multiple identity construction, which is in constant transformation. The data allowed us to state that it is possible to write oneself beyond the stativity that often prevails in school / academic writing activities, which contributes to the (re)inscription of 'self', affected by the constant presence of the other, as an irreducible multiplicity to a single language-culture.
Keywords:
linguistic encounters; writing; language learning