Narrative effects on the transgender experience: the story of Susan Grey
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https://doi.org/10.11606/va.v0i29.107943Keywords:
gender, discourse, identity, narrative, speech actAbstract
This article aims at promoting a reflection on subjectivity, identity, narrative and speech act by the telling of an unusual account: the journey of a transsexual who decided to turn into a woman and his pain into a narrative. It is proposed that the narrative of oneself is understood as a specific type of speech act, that affects, in a particular fashion, the subject himself who enunciates it and, in this particular case, promotes construction of his identity and the relief of his suffering. The theoretical approach adopted for discursive analysis is Pragmatics, as originated in Austin (1975), combined with recent debates on identity and reflections on the relationship between language, literature, storytelling and health, promoted by GENAM.Downloads
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