A crônica-conto de Heloisa Seixas: uma abordagem sintático-semântico-expressiva

Abstract

The origin of this dissertation brings back the pleasure given by some readings. The light and seductive writing of texts on the borderline of the short story and chronicle has motivated a more detailed appreciation, reinforcing a linguistic refinement. The research develops issues concerning the reading and the readers, a short historical account on the mentioned genres, bringing up the most relevant characteristics of the corpus and considerations about Stylistics, the theoretical basis of the study. Shortly after making comments about the role of Heloisa Seixas on the Contemporary Brazilian Literature and the aspects that are responsible for such captivating prose, there is the analysis of the corpus. The chosen thematic, the vocabulary selection, the punctuation, the syntatic structure are highlighted, giving emphasis on the linguistic resources which compose the writer s style and justify the quality of the texts. Observing such aspects, it is offered the use of Contos mínimos in the classroom, privileging the work with chronicle-short story, which aims at estimulating the reading and facilitating the teaching/learning process.