Banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO: RICARDO ALVES DA SILVA

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STUDENT : RICARDO ALVES DA SILVA
DATE: 20/05/2022
TIME: 14:00
LOCAL: Virtual
TITLE:

SELF-REFERENCE: THE CONSTRUCTION AND CONSTITUTION OF THE “I” IN THE FANTASTIC SPACE-TIME

KEY WORDS:

Literature; Enunciation; self-reference.

PAGES: 206
BIG AREA: Lingüística, Letras e Artes
AREA: Lingüística
SUBÁREA: Teoria e Análise Lingüística
SUMMARY:

The phenomenon of self-referentiality implies, from the enunciative perspective of Benveniste (1988 and 1989), the reference to an instance of discourse assumed by the speaker in the individual act of putting the language into operation. In the enunciation, each “I” will have it’s own reference, corresponding, each time, to a unique being, proposed as such, signed to the instance of discourse that contains it. Each instance of using a name evokes a constant and “objective” notion. In turn, the referential indices present in the semiotic plane of the language are able to update a singular object, an effect of the enunciation, and which always remains identical in the representation it awakens. The approach of reference and self-reference is done through the enunciative bias. In other words, reference and self-reference are taken as phenomena linked to enunciation and not as an indication of a remission to the outside world. In the enunciation of person indices, the reference is split between the “I”, which refers and is referred to, which points and is pointed. If, on the one hand, from the perspective of the enunciative theory, the referential approach of the “I” index must consider this cleavage that constitutes it, on the other hand, it is necessary to take into account the relationship of mutual implication that it establishes with the “you” and both are enunciatively opposed to “he”. In this aspect, reference and meaning must be taken within the framework of the relationships established between “I” and “you” and “I-you” and “he” in the semiotic and semantic planes of the language. Likewise, in Literature, the reference must be taken as a phenomenon linked to the relationships established within each work. In this sense, in literary narratives, the way in which each character (himself) enunciates and creates references in the relationship with the other characters is decisive for his constitution as a subject in the plot. From a Benvenistian enunciative perspective, language has empty signs of referentiality that the speaker needs to appropriate in order to constitute and mark himself as a speaking subject in the relationship with the other. Therefore, by filling the referential void of signs in a semiotic state for semantic conversion, the speaker exposes subjective and intersubjective aspects underlying the process of enunciative appropriation. In the literary plot, the way in which this process occurs can reveal a lot about the constitution of the characters as subjects and their relationship with other characters. We will examine how the self-referencing process takes place within a literary narrative and the semiological aspects linked to it. We will base ourselves on the reference/self-reference of the characters in the work “O Quarto Fechado” (2007), by Lya Luft. From the analysis made, it is possible to observe that in the plot the constitution of each character is related to an absent character, due to a tragic death. The way each character deals with this event and represents this death/absence is determinant of their actions and their own constitution. This leads us to observe that, in the work, the meanings and references present in each assumed instance of discourse include aspects related to temporality and other significant elements, such as the color of the place. Thus, self-reference must be taken in the relationship between the semiotic and semantic levels of the language.

BANKING MEMBERS:
Interno - 1781834 - JOSE TEMISTOCLES FERREIRA JUNIOR
Interna - 2249818 - VICENTINA MARIA RAMIRES BORBA
Externa à Instituição - ISABELA B. DO RÊGO BARROS - UNICAP