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T1 “Honey, I rose up from the dead, I do it all the time”: A study of the Greimas’ opponent role in Taylor Swift’s and Madonna’s songs
A1 Verdes Carnero, Marta
A2 Universidad de Valladolid. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras
K1 Greimas’ actantial model
K1 Taylor Swift
K1 Madonna
K1 Process of coding
K1 Opponent
K1 Shadow
K1 Modelo actancial de Greimas
K1 Proceso de codificación
K1 Oponente
K1 Sombra
K1 5701.11 Enseñanza de Lenguas
AB In the present dissertation, I explore opponent’s role in Taylor Swift’s and Madonna’s lyrics. Greimas’ actancial model and his notion of Opponent have been used as a theoretical point of departure. I have compiled a corpus that contains eighteen songs (nine songs per singer) and carried out a close reading and coding process to find the opponents. The external opponent was previously elaborated, and the internal opponent (denominated as “the shadow”) appeared during the process. The Qualitative analysis shows that both singers share a conflict between their identity and the forces that attempt to establish control over them. Respecting their inner conflicts, Madonna’s strict religious parenting played an important role in her lyrics and served as a gravitational center for other forms of opposition. In the case of Swift, the lyrics reveal an impostor syndrome, also including other issues such as fear of abandonment and betrayal.
YR 2025
FD 2025
LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/79547
UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/79547
LA eng
NO Departamento de Filología Inglesa
DS UVaDOC
RD 26-nov-2025