LITERATURA E SEMIÓTICA: UMA ANÁLISE DE FELICIDADE CLANDESTINA DE CLARICE LISPECTOR

Abstract

Despite being a science under construction, Greimasian discourse semiotics has shown enormous evolution regarding the purpose for which it intended to carry out, which is the production of meaning in the text. Based on the tireless work of Algirdas Julien Greimas, this Final Coursework consists of the analysis of the short story "Felicidade Clandestina" by Clarice Lispector, one of the greatest Brazilian writers, which is the corpus of this research. In the narrative in focus, the story of the suffering of the narrator-character in her saga to obtain a book is told. In view of this, our research, in a connection between literary studies and discourse semiotics, aims to investigate the meanings that permeate the Lispectorian text, seeking to evidence, from the three successive levels of meaning, the underlying signification to the story in question, understanding how and in what way the narrator-character signifies the situation experienced, as well as the other characters involved. For this purpose, in addition to bibliographical research, qualitative interpretative research was used through a case study. The results show that the meanings imprinted in the discourse implemented by Clarice Lispector in "Felicidade Clandestina" are modified due to the narrator's perspective and the desire to say beyond what is expressed.