Análise semiótica da significação cênica na peça A Alma Imoral: o discurso, o texto e o fazer persuasivo da enunciação teatral

Abstract

This study aims to understand the construction of discourse, text, and persuasive practice in the play A Alma Imoral, adapted and performed by Clarice Niskier, focusing on the use of scenic elements, particularly a costume composed of a single black fabric. The research is grounded in French-line discursive semiotics, based on the generative trajectory of meaning as proposed by Greimas and Courtés (2021), Greimas (2014), Floch (1985, 1986, 2023), Bertrand (2003), Barros (2001, 2022, 1987), and Ubersfeld (2005), and examines the theatrical performance inspired by the work of Rabbi Nilton Bonder, whose staging articulates philosophical- theological content in dialogue with the Judeo-Christian tradition. By opting for a minimal and multifunctional costume, the production creates a visual discourse that operates as an actantial element, reconfiguring meanings with each scenic transformation. The specific objectives of the investigation are to describe the functioning of discursive procedures enacted by the enunciating subject of the play, to analyze the alignment of the utterance with the persuasive aims of the enunciation, to demonstrate the semiotic relationships among scenic elements in the process of textualization, and to interpret the figurative plurivariance of the black fabric as an autonomous expressive resource. Employing a qualitative approach, exploratory design, and a hypothetical-deductive method, the study is based on bibliographic review and analysis of the performance. The findings reveal that the black fabric operates as a performative figure that modulates meanings, activates isotopies, and intensifies the tensions between tradition and rupture. It is concluded that discursive semiotics provides effective tools for interpreting syncretic texts such as theater, contributing, in a strict sense, to the teaching of interpretative strategies and, in a broad sense, to the critical analysis of social and professional practices.