The phrase "challenge the discourse" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the act of questioning or disputing prevailing ideas or narratives in a conversation or debate.
Example: "In her essay, she aims to challenge the discourse surrounding climate change and advocate for more sustainable practices."
Alternatives: "question the narrative" or "contest the conversation".
This suggests implications for the roles that teachers can play in either maintaining or challenging the Discourse models that are adopted by students.
These are non-elite Indians that challenged the discourses of both colonialism and anti-British nationalism by exploiting inconsistencies in those discourses (1482 3).
In a detailed analysis the Moor Next Door blog says: "These riots are important because they challenge the dominant discourse on Tunisia's politics (or lack there of) in western writing and reporting.
Through their links with similar organisations in Asia and Africa, they are helping to challenge the dominant discourse on human rights, which often regards a set of pre-packaged western liberal values as being ready for export.
This paper seeks to challenge the dominant discourse in this area of interest.
The case was instrumental in providing insights into an issue, [ 39] in this instance organisational change for better chronic disease management in general practice, and the purpose was to explore the single case as a critical case to challenge the dominant discourse.
So whilst women engage with expert accounts in many guises to inform choices and enhance their sense of control during labour and childbirth this often fails to translate to a level of personal expertise that can effectively challenge the dominant discourse.
The empowered modern women discourse contradicts the feminine respectability discourse and tends to challenge the predatory masculinity discourse that placed men at the helm of most heterosexual encounters.
As for the Palestinians, Daniel Levy, director for Middle East and North Africa at the European Council on Foreign Relations, suggests they have failed to play an ANC-style role, one that would "challenge the mainstream Israeli discourse".
We talk with and learn from lower-income residents in the study area to understand their experiences and to challenge the local, dominant discourse which suggests the neighborhood has adequate healthcare accessibility simply because it contains multiple free and low-cost clinics.
