Morfologia E Semântica da Literatura de Fantasia Contemporânea: Macbeth e Harry Potter e A Pedra Filosofal

Morphology and Semantics of Contemporary Fantasy Literature: Macbeth and Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone

Abstract

In grammar, when we talk about morphology and semantics we generally focus on studies on word classes and their inflections and the meaning that terms take on in a simple or more complex syntactic structure. This is the orthodox perspective of these two linguistic concepts. However, here we will use other meanings, entirely different and applied in the context of our discussion. When we talk about morphology and semantics of contemporary fantasy literature, we are basically referring to the study of its form or Gestalt, to also explore a broader notion, and the content that appears in these works coated with countless symbologies, that is, in all its polysemic scope. In this sense, our objective is to examine a contemporary work in parallel with another that is considered classic. The aim is to compare some figures and ideas that appear in renowned texts with some of the present time. With this, we intend to prove that there is a redefinition of morphology and semantics in contemporary fantasy prose. Thus, the text to be analyzed will be the book Macbeth, by Willian Shakespeare, which presents the figure of the witch as it was conceived in his time, in comparison to the work Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, by J. K. Rowling. Through a comparison between the structure, form and meanings of narrative elements in these two works, we will have a more complete picture of contemporary fantasy literature within the concepts of morphology and semantics that we now present.