Os anagramas de Saussure: entre a poesia e a teoria

Abstract

Ferdinand de Saussure s researches about anagrams conducted between 1906 and 1909 and published by Jean Starobinski at the end of the 60 s promoted very different debates on language studies. Some debates pointed out the dichotomy Saussure of the CGL (Course in General Linguistic) and Saussure of the anagrams . The first Saussure made reflections on the linguistic theory field and the second one made it to the poetic field. Due to that dichotomy, there were many linguistic studies on interesting elements about Saussure s works in poetics. Those studies showed an opposition between Saussure s works on poetics and his production on linguistics, but there were also studies that linked both productions. In this sense, it is possible to ask if Saussurean production in the field of poetic has something to do with the concepts and elaborations outlined in CLG, or if it is really a production in opposition to Saussurean linguistic work. By establishing the hypothesis that there is a conection between the concepts of both Saussurean works Anagrams and CLG initially we propose to do a full investigation on how Saussure constructed his poetic analysis and the way that he theorized them. The investigation of this theoretical route enable a better comprehension about the approaches Saussure made in his researches, i. e., if Saussure, in his poetics studies, did a diachronic or synchronic approach, or if he did both of them, and even if those studies were about language facts or about speech facts. After that investigation, we focused on how the researchers of Saussurean studies about anagrams analyzed his works and we also payed attention to the tips that these authors have given, in order to understand the relation between Saussurean poetical and linguistic studies and to find the place these researches occupy in modern linguistic foundation. In the last part of this dissertation, we investigate Saussure s main concepts in linguistic field, in order to pursue the possible relations with Saussurean theory elaborations about anagrams. This comparison makes possible to examine the existing links between both Saussurean works. It also allows us to consider if the anagrams are opposed or close to Saussure s thoughts in linguistic field. In fact, the connection between both Saussurean works enable a better comprehension about Ferdinand de Saussure s route in his linguistic studies, considering these works not only as dichotomies or exclusions, but as works that are linked in modern linguistic foundation movement.