Sousa Junior, Nelson Ferreira deSilva, Athyrson Souza da2024-01-092024-01-092023-12-15SILVA, Athyrson Souza da. Da oralidade ao mito: a figura do narrador e a denúncia da tirania no Prometeu de Ésquilo. 2023. 31f. Trabalho de Conclusão de Curso (Graduação em Letras - Língua Portuguesa e Literaturas), Departamento de Letras, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, 2023.https://repositorio.ufrn.br/handle/123456789/57232During the formation of modern civilization, we have come across several historical periods marked by the oppression of tyrannical governments. Nowadays, we see in contemporary culture the growth of authoritarian governments and regimes that jeopardize democracy, human rights, freedom and people's lives. In view of these problems, it should be noted that these forms of government have been present in the teachings of Greek mythology since the classical period. The myths, for the most part, were oral narratives passed down from generation to generation that contributed to the moral and social formation of the Greek citizens of the time. Drawing a parallel between classical and modern society, we can see that the discourse of the oppressed is repeated, despite the disparity in time. Furthermore, in order to analyze the characteristics of an oppressive ruler, we have taken as our basis the narrative voice of the character Prometheus in Aeschylus' Greek tragedy Prometheus in Chains. In this sense, the analysis of the story told by Prometheus ends up highlighting the narrative aspect, in which the main character tells, from one scene to the next, the causes that led him to such punishment and suffering. From this, we make use of the textual clipping from Walter Benjamin's The Narrator, highlighting the possible main characteristics that made Prometheus an excellent narrator. In addition, by highlighting the context of the work, it is possible to see evidence that Zeus shows himself to be an authoritarian ruler, according to the claims made by Prometheus, as the protagonist, in his speech as an exile and condemned man. In order to highlight Zeus' tyrannical personality and understand tyranny as an analytical category, we will use the text of Plato's The Republic, since this work is part of the axis of works that express classical perception and is therefore directly related to the period in which Aeschylus is located. At the end of this analysis, it has become clear how the figure of the narrator highlights the atrocities of a tyrant; and thus that an appealing speech will reveal a good storyteller.Narrador benjaminiano. Tirania. Prometeu. Zeus. Ésquilo.Benjaminian narrator. Tyranny. Prometheus. Aeschylus.bachelorThesis