The discursive ethos in the "Milagre da Vela" moda de viola

Abstract

This article aims to examine the discursive ethos in the song “Milagre da vela”, recorded by Zé Carreiro and Carreirinho, in 1961. In an intersemiotic framework that brings lyrics and melody together, we invest in apprehending the discursive ethos, as outlined by Discourse Analysis (Maingueneau, 1997, 2008a, 2008b, 2008c, 2011, 2020, among others), mobilizing the general diction project (Tatit, 1999, 2003, 2008, 2012), which articulates lyrics and melody through the processes of figurativization, passionisation and thematization. The ethos is an instance that operates at the level of discourse, revealing characteristics of the enunciator's personality, as well as his social positioning, therefore, it is necessary to accentuate the emergence, in and through the literary-musical discourse, of identity and socio-cultural traits bumpkin. The analysis corpus consists of nine excerpts from the speech of the song in focus. The results of the analysis show that the discursive ethos, apprehended in its intersemiotic dimension, reveals itself to be a mystical, religious and conservative corporeality, attached to the country culture, therefore resistant to changes in society.