Bc. Mária Savkaničová

Master's thesis

Imagery in Blues Lyrics as a Countercultural Expression in Contemporary Music

Imagery in Blues Lyrics as a Countercultural Expression in Contemporary Music
Abstract:
Účelem této diplomové práce je analyzovat texty v bluesové hudbě a prozkoumat prostředky, kterými je jejich význam nějakým způsobem znejasněný, parodovaný, nebo jinak sporný. Práce bere v úvahu koncept Afroamerické ústní tradice zvané Signifying, která je spolu s lingvistickým konceptem kooperačního principu jako prostředku při studiu pravidel konverzace a implikační teorie, která zkoumá v textech …more
Abstract:
The purpose of this thesis is to analyse lyrics in blues music and investigate the tools by which their meaning is obscured, parodied, or made controversial. The study takes into consideration a concept of African-American oral tradition – Signifying, which is along with linguistic concepts of cooperative principle, as a means to study rules of conversation, and implication theory, which examines insinuations …more
 
 
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 18. 5. 2015

Thesis defence

  • Date of defence: 17. 6. 2015
  • Supervisor: M.A. Jeffrey Alan Smith, Ph.D.
  • Reader: doc. Mgr. Jan Chovanec, Ph.D.

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Masaryk University

Faculty of Arts

Master programme / field:
Teacher Training for Secondary Schools / Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in English Language and Literature

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