A figura feminina em provérbios brasileiros

Abstract

In this paper, we aim at reflecting on the cultural burden that transcends the generative process of proverbs, and analyzing proverbial examples of sentences that have female functions as a theme. From a corpus collected on websites, in which the main semes are the mother and stepmother, we verified the presence of virtual semes representing both poles that hold such functions, and the ideological and cultural values perpetuated as true values in contemporary society. In this analysis, using greimasian assumptions, which regard as their subject of research the meaning and considering the fundamentals of ethno-linguistic, where language should be study in their relations with society, we identify, in these texts, the polyphony and the argument of authority as characteristic features of such proverbs. The analysis revealed that virtual semes are a vessel to cultural ideological values, in relation to the roles assigned to women within the traditional view of female gender. In paremiologic studies, it becomes important to emphasize this relationship, the opportunity to present a broader view of the discourse conveyed in proverbs, whose main seme refers to women and lead to a more accurate reflection on the topic.