O funcionamento da estrutura proverbial em ''terra Sonâmbula''

Abstract

This project work deals with the use of the structure of the proverb in the book "Terra Sonâmbula" by Mia Couto. We surveyed the expressions that we suppose to have the structure of the proverb, in the work in question, to later compare them to the common formal structures in proverbial constructions This comparison focused on the linguistic structures and the rhetorical structures resulting from the organization of the propositions that constitute the proverbs. In essence, this work analyzes the functioning of the proverb in written literature, which goes through the situation and context in which it is produced. We believe that from this work, it will be possible to grasp general lines for a deeper study of the functioning of the structure of the oral proverb in written literature, specifically in "Terra Sonâmbula", both in its linguistic aspect and in its rhetorical aspect, allowing thus an inference about the style adopted by Mia Couto.