The interrelationship between scenography and ethos: Carmen - les racines d'un mythe, by Maingueneau

Abstract: This paper aims at discussing the concept of ethos from a singular perspective, considering it as a device built in solidarity with scenography. Based on global semantics, understood as a theoretical horizon outlined by Dominique Maingueneau (1984; 2008), we focus this debate on Carmen – les racines d'un mythe, a work not yet translated into Portuguese, written at the same time of Genèses du discours. What we intend, by bringing both works together, is to explain the theoretical framework created in Genèses, especially scenography and ethos, as articulating elements for the author's reading of Carmen.