Abstract

CARMELINO, ANA CRISTINA. ASPECTS OF IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION OF THE YOUTH AND BRAZIL IN HUMOROUS SPEECH. Lingüística [online]. 2014, vol.30, n.1, pp.11-30. ISSN 2079-312X.

The main objective of this article is to verify which social and cultural aspects of identity are manifested in the speeches of illustrated humor cartoons of the magazine MAD. With that aim, printed editions of this journal published in Brazil in 2011 were analyzed. The theoretical approach used to substantiate the study is the notion of identity under the bias of Critical Discourse Analysis and Cultural Studies. According to these approaches, acts of language and ways of acting guide the process of apprehension of the social world and unveil social identities and cultural representations. The results obtained after the analysis of the cartoons reveal aspects of identity construction of the youth and of Brazil

Keywords : identity; youth; Brazil; illustrated guide; MAD magazine.

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