TRADIÇÃO E TRANSGRESSÃO: UMA ANÁLISE VISUAL E VERBAL DA REPRESENTAÇÃO DE PERSONAGENS FEMININAS NOS MANGÁS SHOJO

Abstract

This research is a visual-discursive analysis of the characters Tohru, Isuzu, Akito and Ritsu, present in the shojo manga Fruits Basket (1998-2006), by the Japanese author Natsuki Takaya (1973 - ). The main objective is to investigate how the female characters are represented visually and verbally in shojo manga, through the analysis of these four characters. The theoretical support is the Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) by Fairclough (2001), Van Dijk (1993, 2008) and Wodak (2000, 2004), the Grammar of Visual Design by Kress and van Leeuwen (1998), Gender Studies by Butler (1998, 2008), Haraway (2004) and de Lauretis (1994), and Japanese pop culture by Gravett (2006), Luyten (1985, 2002, 2005) and Sato (2005, 2007). The research is divided into two chapters: the first chapter consists of the theoretical framework, addressing a bibliographic review of the forementioned areas, and the second chapter contains the methodology and the two parts of the analysis - representation and performance. The study concludes that, despite being a way of disseminating traditional values, the shojo manga presents itself, albeit very lightly, as a subversive space for normative gender relations