Resumen

OLIVEIRA, Ulisses Tadeu Vaz de  y  MARTINS, Leonardo da Silva. Women and child abuse in The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer: a systemic-functional perspective. Faces de Eva. Estudos sobre a Mulher [online]. 2024, n.52, pp.73-99.  Epub 27-Mayo-2025. ISSN 0874-6885.  https://doi.org/10.34619/4fmi-5eff.

Themes of social criticism like child and women sexual abuse have constantly raised interest in literary works. Among them, we highlight The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer (1980) by Jennifer Lynch. This literature breaks the silence around taboo subjects, exploring drugs, prostitution, sexual abuse, and fear. This article uncovers psychological effects of a lost adolescent who, breaking from conservative norms, often self-destructs. Using Systemic-Functional Linguistics, Logogenesis, and Resonance, it identifies ideology coded in ideational meaning associated with Laura’s episodes of abuse.

Palabras clave : systemic-functional linguistics; literature; sexual abuse; The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer.

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