%0 Journal Article %T Um percurso te¨®rico-metodol¨®gico para o estudo de constela£¿£¿es de g¨ºneros %A Ara¨²jo %A J¨²lio C¨¦sar %J Linguagem em (Dis)curso %D 2012 %I Unisul - Universidade do Sul de Santa Catarina %R 10.1590/S1518-76322012000100009 %X in this essay, i propose a theoretical-methodological journey that permits to substantiate a possible reflection about the phenomenon of discursive genre grouping. therefore, i undertake an analysis of the arguments of marcuschi (2000) and bakhtin ([1929] 2002) about the groups of genres. although there are discrepancies between both proposals for conceiving a constellation of genres, it is possible to establish a consensual point between these researchers in that both highlight the tendencies of the genres to variations and transmutations. the effects of this analysis permit the conclusion that a study which will undertake the characterization of a genre constellation must be structured from three fundamental thematic axles: the sphere(s) of communication in which such genres adapt themselves; the tracks left during its process of formation and the communicative purposes attended by each genre inside the constellation. %K genre constellation %K sphere of communication %K transmutation %K communicative purpose. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1518-76322012000100009&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en