[en] REPRESENTATION OF CHARACTERS IN J. K. ROWLING S BOOKS: A SYSTEMIC FUNCTIONAL PERSPECTIVE

[pt] NATALIE GERHARDT

[en] ATTRIBUT

[en] CIRCUMSTANCE

[en] CLAUSE AS REPRESENTATION

[en] CORMORAN STRIKE

[en] JOANNE ROWLING

[en] TRANSITIVITY SYSTEM

[en] PROCESS

[en] J. K. Rowling s writing is very successful among children and adult readers. The purpose of this monograph is to make a documental analysis (BOWEL, 2009) of 17 excerpts from the first two chapters of Harry Potter and the Philosopher s Stone (ROWLING, 1997, pp. 7-27) and 10 excerpts from The Cuckoo s Calling (GALBRAITH, 2013, pp. 13-23) to understand, from a Systemic Functional Linguistics perspective (HALLIDAY; MATHIESSEN, 2004), the author s linguistic choices to build the heroes – Harry Potter and Cormoran Strike. The focus of the analysis is on the transitivity system, in other words the clause as representation of the protagonists experience. The elements that will be analyzed are the processes, circumstances and attributes related to the heroes as participants. The analysis of processes indicated that the author uses a mix of all process types to construe her protagonists and not only relational clauses followed by attributes (HALLIDAY; MATHIESSEN, 2004, p. 174). Regarding circumstances, in addition to using them to add more information to the clauses, like location, manner, cause, etc., Rowling also uses them as clues to what is going to happen and to add more movement and energy to the scenes.

MONICA DA COSTA MONTEIRO DE SOUZA

2016-08-02

[pt] TEXTO

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https://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/colecao.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=27080@2

https://doi.org/10.17771/PUCRio.acad.27080