Mafalda : gestos de leitura a partir do funcionamento discursivo da interrogação

Abstract

For about fifty years ago, it was born, in Argentina, a character, who would problematize series of social and political issues. It becomes the reference in the studies of different areas and taking into account that the theme does not finishes itself. We propose, in this essay, some reflections about the discursive functioning of the question in Mafalda, taking as its theoretic perspective the Pêcheux’s Discourse Analysis, as it has been worked in Brazil. For such, we mobilize some theoretical concepts, like reading in a discursive perspective, the silence, the fault and the humor as excess in a sense production. Furthermore, it should be noted, that concerning the syncretic text, in which the protagonist is a young girl, we also mobilize concepts referred to image and gender. Thus, with the purpose to contribute with discourse studies, we reflect about a file, formed by ten comic strips, whose observation lead us to two predominant discursive formations, named as anticapitalistic discursive formation and sexist discursive formation. The analysis points out socio-ideological and imaginary determinations involved in Mafalda’s humor constructions. It is from the material linguistic dimension and imaginary.