O DIRETIVO E O COMPROMISSIVO COMO CARACTERÍSTICAS SUI GENERIS DA POÉTICA DE OVÍDIO MARTINS: UMA ANÁLISE LINGUÍSTICO-LITERÁRIA

THE DIRECTIVE AND THE COMISSIVE AS SUI GENERIS CHARACTERISTICS OF THE POETICS OF OVIDIO MARTINS: A LINGUISTIC-LITERARY ANALYSIS

Abstract

Abstract: This article aims to demonstrate, by the means of a linguistic - literary analysis, that the lyrical aspect of the language to describe the “struggle,”used by Ovidio Martins in Caminhada (2015), is comissive and directive. A thorough analysis of the author's poetry leads us to the conclusion that his writing, on the one hand, is guided by the commitment to causes that nourish the principles of universal rights (such as freedom of expression and the struggle for emancipation) and by the attention, given to classes with underprivileged economical status. On the other hand, there are obvious signs of the author’s appeals to an injunctive linguistics expressed by a posture of contestation and rebellion - featuring an engaged literature. The author uses the above mentioned techniques in order to express his disavowal of the most unfair situations perpetuated by the oppressive regime, of which the author himself was a victim. On the textual level, there is a burst of propositional contents, such as order, advice, request, warning and admonition. Such acts are supported by linguistic tools, namely the imperative and indicative modes, the future tense, the use of pronouns in the second person, direct and rhetorical questions - they all serve as illocutionary forces for the expression of the author’s intention.