On ordinary speech: a stylistic study of CCasa-grande & Senzala e Sobrados e Mucambos

• Grant number: 17/08500-3
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: December 01, 2017
• End date: March 31, 2019
• Field of knowledge: Linguistics, Literature and Arts - Literature - Brazilian Literature
• Principal Investigator: Alfredo Cesar Barbosa de Melo
• Grantee: João Guilherme Ladeia Viana
• Host Institution: Instituto de Estudos da Linguagem (IEL). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The research project to be conducted in this master's program will perform a close reading of two of Gilberto Freyre's most notable works: Casa-grande & Senzala and Sobrados e Mucambos. It aims to describe aspects of his style hitherto unexplored in depth in the most accomplished critical readings of the author. It will describe in detail such matters as: syntax, the balance between colloquialisms and academic language in his prose, linguistic strategies used to effect certain generalizations, figurative language - along with other literary features which characterize his descriptions - and his closest ties with other literary authors. A more detailed description, therefore, of a language at once complimented for its modernity and literary values and criticized for its manipulative character, should fill a gap in the heated debate over the language of an extremely influential Brazilian writer. (AU)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

VIANA, João Guilherme Ladeia. On ordinary speech: stylistic study of The Masters and the Slaves and The Mansions and the Shanties. 2019. Master's Dissertation - Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Instituto de Estudos da Linguagem Campinas, SP.