The feminine éthos as a discursive effect

Abstract

In this paper, we seek to think about the feminine in the lyrics by Chico Buarque. The feminine has always been constant in the literary canon and art in general. However, when this female voice is drawn on the discourse, is it possible to affirm that it is indeed a woman who manifests herself on the textual level? In this text, we understand the feminine as a meaning effect projected on the discourse through many strategies manipulated by the enunciator. On the basis of this idea, we intend to discuss, inspired by the Greimasian Semiotic Theory and by other poetic and linguistic theories that dialogue with it, the possibility of having a female enunciator?s éthos in Chico Buarque?s lyrics.