FPF:UCJANP04 Literary Text in Popular Music - Course Information

UCJANP04 Literary Text in Popular Music

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Radek Glabazňa, Ph.D., MA (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

Mgr. Radek Glabazňa, Ph.D., MA
Institute of Foreign Languages – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava

Prerequisites (in Czech)

The students should have sufficient knowledge of contemporary British, American and Australian pop-music and songwriting. Ideally they will also have passed courses in British and American literature and Criticism.

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• English in combination with another discipline (programme FPF, N7310 Filo)
• English (programme FPF, N7310 Filo)

Course objectives

This course explores the borderline between Anglophone literature and music, its delimitation and possible transgressions. Music lyrics of recognized songwriters will be viewed as poems whose musical renditions add new horizons to them and underscore the essential musicality of poetry. Themes, motifs and distinctive styles of the individual artists coming from various areas of the English-speaking world will also be analyzed.

Syllabus

• 1. John Lennon
  2. Leonard Cohen
  3. David Bowie
  4. Patti Smith
  5. Tom Waits
  6. Bob Dylan
  7. Nick Cave
  8. P. J. Harvey
  9. Ian Curtis
  10. Morrisey
  11. Neil Young
  12. Nico

Language of instruction

English

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course can also be completed outside the examination period.

Teacher's information

https://elearning.fpf.slu.cz/course/view.php?id=575
80% attendance
Active participation in the classes
Analytical essay + creative response to one of the lyrics

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