%0 Journal Article %T Le r le du r¨¦cit de vie dans le discours politique de Lula The role of Lula¡¯s Life Story in his Political Speeches %A Ida Lucia Machado %J Argumentation et Analyse du Discours %D 2011 %I University of Tel-Aviv %X Cet article propose une r¨¦flexion sur le r le du r¨¦cit de vie dans les discours politiques, et plus pr¨¦cis¨¦ment dans les discours d¡¯investiture ¨¤ la pr¨¦sidence du Br¨¦sil de Luis Ignacio Lula da Silva. Il analyse quelques fragments qui m¨ºlent express¨¦ment des souvenirs de sa vie pass¨¦e aux discours politiques d¡¯actualit¨¦, mais aussi qui font allusion ¨¤ sa vie de fa on indirecte. Dans le premier discours, Lula se pr¨¦sente comme un personnage de l¡¯histoire, un il qui veut travailler pour la collectivit¨¦ ; n¨¦anmoins, les allusions ¨¤ sa trajectoire de vie le l¨¦gitiment comme celui qui peut promouvoir le changement requis par le peuple. Dans le second discours, Lula utilise depuis le d¨¦but un je ancr¨¦ dans sa propre histoire : sa petite histoire personnelle semble ainsi s¡¯incorporer ¨¤ la grande histoire d¡¯une nation. En ce sens, le r¨¦cit de vie comprend une dimension argumentative qui permet de construire un ethos pr¨¦sidentiel par le jeu qu¡¯il instaure entre l¡¯individuel et le collectif, cr¨¦ant ainsi un effet de pathos qui appelle ¨¤ l¡¯identification. On s¡¯interroge dans ce cadre sur la question du populisme dans son rapport aux strat¨¦gies de captation propres au discours politique. This paper analyzes fragments of President Luiz In¨¢cio Lula da Silva¡¯s inaugural speeches. Lula da Silva served as the President of Brazil for two consecutive terms in office. In his first inaugural speech, Lula da Silva refers to himself as a historical character, and uses the pronoun ¡°he¡± (or ¡°not-I¡±), a ¡°he¡± at the service of the community. However, his path in life, mentioned in a single paragraph, legitimizes him as someone who is able to bring forward the changes demanded by the people. From the beginning of his second inaugural speech, Lula da Silva uses the pronoun ¡°I¡±, which points to his own story: therefore, his ¡°small, personal story¡± seems to be embedded into the ¡°great History¡± of a nation. Can life narratives function as argumentative strategies? Or, in this particular case, is the retelling of Lula da Silva¡¯s life story in his speech simply part of a truly passionate and emotional address, delivered by a man of the people, who won the presidency of his country? %K political discourse %K argumentative strategies %K inaugural address %K life story %K Lula (Luis Ignacio Lula da Silva) %K populism %K discours politique %K discours d¡¯inauguration %K Lula (Luis Ignacio Lula da Silva) %K populisme %K r¨¦cit de vie %K strat¨¦gie argumentative %U http://aad.revues.org/1166