Flutuações no ethos de Getúlio Vargas: análise comparativa das imagens projetadas para o estadista por sua filha e outros personagens históricos

Abstract

The objective of this research is to analyze the biography Getúlio Vargas, meu Pai-Getúlio Vargas, my Father - written by Alzira Vargas, daughter of the biographer, seeking mainly to verify which ethé are outlined for Getúlio Vargas, with the purpose of understanding, from them, what the image of the statesman his daughter wished for crystallizing to posterity. As a theoretical framework, we have emphasized the studies onethos, fetching contemporary contributions to this category in Charaudeau. We emphasize that, as this biography also passes through by historical and political domination, it was necessary to analyze it concern interdiscursivity, with elements originating from these domains. In the version presented by Alzira the ethé designed for the protagonist attribute tohim numerous virtues, registering a shortage of vicious acts, these always justified by the author. Therefore, in this biography, the image fixed for Getúlio Vargas was highly positive, which is questionable when compared to inputs produced in other discursive instances. Thusm we find that Getulio's ethos "fluctuates" considerably, according to the goals and intention of the writers.