O sujeito comum nas crônicas de Martha Medeiros

Abstract

This dissertation seeks to understand how Martha Medeiros' chronicles represent the common subject. To do so, it is given an overview of the construction of the subject s concept throughout history, as well as the role of the chronicle in Brazil and Latin America. Thus, the scenario is described to situate the analysis. The study uses as corpus the production of Martha Medeiros, published in the Donna's pages in the Zero Hora newspaper from September 2011 to February 2012. The methodology used is the content analysis, guided by a path made by Nísia Martins do Rosário (2006) consisted of four steps: Which chronicle languages are used in the analyzed texts? How these elements are being used? Which senses are being produced in the selected texts? and How the signification process is presented?. Generally, the research concludes that the chronicles of Martha Medeiros represent the common subject by addressing issues and using a language capable of producing meanings relevant to readers. It is possible to notice that the sense given by the texts refers to something that happens to most of the people, or to the common subject. This can explain why Martha Medeiros chronicles have reached this level