'It’s Unreal, but I Am here': Transitivity Analysis of an Autobiographical Article on “The Players’ Tribune” Website
'It’s Unreal, but I Am here': Transitivity Analysis of an Autobiographical Article on “The Players’ Tribune” Website
In 2014, former American baseball player Derek Jeter founded the website The Players' Tribune, on which athletes of all sports can publish autobiographical pieces, to have in their hands a role that, for a long time, belonged to the traditional media – bringing their stories beyond sports performances to the public. These articles, however, can also be seen as a form of self-branding since the athlete holds the power of the story that is being written. Therefore, the objective is to analyse, with the help of Systemic-Functional Linguistics and Transitivity System, one of those articles, written by the Brazilian player Daniel Alves, to understand if the experience report works in favour of production the self as a role model.
Em 2014, o ex-jogador americano de baseball, Derek Jeter, fundou o website The Players’ Tribune, no qual atletas de todos os esportes podem publicar artigos autobiográficos, assim, tendo em suas mãos um papel que, por um longo tempo, pertenceu à mídia tradicional: o de trazer suas histórias além das performances nos esportes ao público. Esses artigos, no entanto, também podem ser vistos como uma forma de self-branding, já que os atletas possuem o poder sobre as histórias que são escritas. O objetivo, portanto, é analisar, com a ajuda da Linguística Sistêmico-Funcional e do Sistema de Transitividade, um desses artigos, escrito pelo jogador brasileiro Daniel Alves, para entender se o relato da experiência trabalha a favor da produção de si enquanto um modelo a ser seguido.

