ÉOWYN, A SENHORA DE ROHAN: UMA ANÁLISE LINGÜÍSTICO-DISCURSIVA DA PERSONAGEM DE TOLKIEN EM O SENHOR DOS ANÉIS

Abstract

This work comprises a linguistic-discursive analysis of the character Eowyn in the novel The Lord of The Rings (1954-1955) by John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973). The main objective addresses the investigation of the presence of myths about the power, the role and the depiction of women in the discourse about and attributed to that character within the book. The theoretical support which was used is based on the Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) model of Norman Fairclough (2001), the postulates of Mikhail Bakhtin (1992, 1993 and 1997) and the concept of myth of Roland Barthes (1980). Divided into three chapters, after the theorethical part where we also make some considerations about gender we present the author, the book and the character. Next, we describe the methodology used for the analysis and discuss the data with reference to: a) the depiction of women especially the one represented by the epithet The White Lady of Rohan and connected to the myth of feminility; b) the power of women, as belonging/granted to or taken from them; c) the role of women, with emphasis on the gender dichotomy and on the roles traditionally and hegemonically considered male or female . The study concludes that our research hypothesis that, although the discourse attributed to and about Éowyn apparently seems to be a breakthrough so as to questions of hegemonic power in gender relations, it in fact perpetuates myths related to the power, the role and the depiction of women finds its corroboration in the linguistic materiality of J.R.R. Tolkien s text.