Abstract

People, as members of a society and members of the intelligentsia, are, inevitably, involved in discourse and conversational systems which define their diverse positions of power in the discourse. The term “discourse” is used mostly to label the forms of representation and routines of language that yield certain reactions and customarily located denotations. This article examines the unsuccessful discourse attempts by university management, education authorities and students in South Africa during the #FeesMustFall campaign. It analyses the forms of engagement used by the parties involved in the campaign by means of Critical Discourse Analysis. It suggests that contradictory discourses may lead to conflict, instability and intolerance amongst the parties involved.

摘要

作为一个社会的成员和知识分子的成员，人们不可避免地参与到话语和对话系统中，这些系统定义了他们在话语中不同的权力地位。术语“话语”通常用于标记表示形式和语言程序，这些形式和程序会产生某些反应和习惯上使用的表示形式。本文考察了#FeesMustFall竞选期间南非大学管理部门，教育当局和学生在话语方面的失败尝试。它通过批判性话语分析来分析参与活动的各方使用的参与形式。它表明，相互矛盾的话语可能导致有关各方之间的冲突，动荡和不宽容。