Banca de DEFESA: ALINE LESSA RAMOS LIMA MOURA

TOPOI AND ARGUMENTATION IN THE NATIONALIST DISCOURSE BASED ON THE WORK “O SACRIFÍCIO DO AMOR” BY ISABEL GONDIM

.The sacrifice of love; Dramatic text; Textual sequence; Discoursive Traditions; Textual Discourse Analysis; Topoi; Nationalism.

This research takes as object of study the argumentative places or topoi, analyzing their structure and function in the argument in favor of the nationalist discourse that runs through the work “O Sacrifício do Amor” (1909), by Isabel Gondim. From the point of view of the Discursive Traditions Model (KOCH, 1997; KOCHOESTERREICHER, 2007; KABATEK, 2004, 2005), argumentative places constitute a content traditionality within other traditionality(ies), such as that of the nationalist discourse, that of the theater play genre and those of textual sequences, among others. As a theoretical basis, the work uses subsidies arising from the Textual Analysis of Discourses (ATD) and the Discursive Traditions Model (DTs). Through the analysis of argumentative sequences (ADAM, 1991, 2011, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022), we sought to highlight the presence of topoi that support the nationalism present in the work “O Sacrificio do Amor”, by Isabel Gondim, characterizing the presence of content traditions. With regard to methodology, the research assumed an applied research character with a qualitative, quantitative and bibliographical approach, of an exploratory and interpretative nature. We conclude through the analysis that the drama presents topoi that reaffirm the nationalist content in the work, being arranged throughout the dramatic text as: topos of justice and nobility; tops of honor; tops of love of country; peaks of glory; tops of the homeland as a mother. These topoi used in the work to compose the argumentative movements in the construction of the nationalist discourse constitute a tradition of content within the dramatic genre in Brazilian Romanticism. The research also sought to highlight Potiguar literature and contribute to the dissemination of literary production in the State of Rio Grande do Norte.