The Ego of that who enunciates the Ego: subjectivity in ‘Nine Nights’ by Bernardo Carvalho

Authors

  • Mônica Maranhão Fagundes Fernandino ÍNTEGRA-MG

Keywords:

subjectivity, Nine Nights, enunciation process, first-person narrator.

Abstract

This article discusses some of the language resources utilized by the narrators in Bernardo Carvalho’s Nine Nights in order to structure themselves as subjects. It analyzes the polarity of the participants in the discourse, which is a necessary condition for the process of structuring the “self”, according to Benveniste, and relates such polarity to the textual genres through which the novel is structured.

Author Biography

Mônica Maranhão Fagundes Fernandino, ÍNTEGRA-MG

Doutora em Letras pela Faculdade de Letras da PUC-MG e tem vasta experiência no ensino médio. Organiza cursos de aperfeiçoamento para profissionais da área, para concursos públicos e vestibulares em Belo Horizonte e dedica-se à pesquisa de autores brasileiros contemporâneos, participando de grupos de pesquisa organizados pela PUC-MG.

Published

2010-06-19

How to Cite

Fernandino, M. M. F. (2010). The Ego of that who enunciates the Ego: subjectivity in ‘Nine Nights’ by Bernardo Carvalho. MATRAGA - Journal Published by the Graduate Program in Letters at Rio De Janeiro State University (UERJ), 17(26). Retrieved from https://www.e-publicacoes.uerj.br/matraga/article/view/26328