Representa？？o discursiva de pessoas em situa？？o de rua no "Caderno Brasília": naturaliza？？o e expurgo do outro

in this paper, based upon critical discourse analysis i analyze the text "abandono no lago norte - casa que pertence ao ibama virou ponto de drogas e abrigo para moradores de rua", published in january 2011 in "caderno brasília", a newspaper distributed for free in hundreds of spots in brasilia. the analyzed text discusses the abandonment of a public property and its consequences for the neighborhood, with reference to the "homeless". taking this analytical object, i proceed to the analysis of the representation of social actors, specifically the group classified as "homeless" in the text. i also analyze the representation of this group in the transitivity system. analyses show that the street situation, a serious contemporary social problem, is naturalized in the representation of the event in focus in the text.