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T1 Ideology through Musical Discourse: A Critical Discourse Analysis on Three of the Most Controversial Rock/Metal Songs during the 1980s
A1 Martín Infante, Jordan
A2 Universidad de Valladolid. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras
K1 Música rock - Aspecto político
AB This undergraduate dissertation deals with the controversy arisen by some rock and metal songs during the 1980s in the United States. Specifically, different conservative groups stated that the lyrics of bands such as Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath or Iron Maiden, among others, contained immoral messages that had the intention of leading youngsters to undesirable and displeasing behaviors. Accordingly, the present essay takes the three songs of those bands that originated a bigger polemic in order to perform a Critical Discourse Analysis on them. Thus, the linguistic choices made by these songwriters are put into analysis to find out if they really encourage those negative conducts they were accused to instigate. All the linguistic items that may have a persuasive intention in these musical discourses are examined and put in relation to the contexts in which they were created and in which the controversy arose. Indeed, the main goal is bringing to light if those accusations were founded on solid ground or if they were simply motivated by the non-positive stereotypes usually linked to rock music.
YR 2016
FD 2016
LK http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/18919
UL http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/18919
LA eng
NO Departamento de Filología Inglesa
DS UVaDOC
RD 27-nov-2024