ORGANIZAÇÃO RETÓRICA DA APRESENTAÇÃO DO PROBLEMA DE ESTUDO DE PROJETOS DE PESQUISA DE HISTÓRIA

Abstract

Our objective with this research is to analyze the Research Problem Presentation section of History research projects, describing the recurring rhetorical steps used by the genre producers. Our corpus is composed of fifteen research projects submitted and approved in the selection for admission to the Master's degree in History of Brazil at the Federal University of Piauí, in 2014, 2015 and 2016. We mainly rely on the socio-rhetorical approach of genres of Swales (1990), Miller (2009) and Bazerman (2015). The analysis proceeded as follows: initially, we read the research projects in their entirety, so that there was a general understanding of the candidates' ideas, then we proceeded to a more detailed reading of the “study problem presentation” section even though If it were termed in different ways, we finally describe the rhetorical steps most commonly used by candidates for the Master's degree in History. The results of the analyzes showed us that the writers usually present, in the presentation section, besides the research theme, the objectives of the study, its questions and historical accounts. This research intends to contribute to the academic community, as it will be able to show future candidates for the Masters in History, which are the rhetorical steps most used in the composition of the research project, specifically in the “presentation of the research problem” section.