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Humanities and Social Science
Learning Methods
Lecture
Seminar
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Module Offerings
5129ENGL-SEP-MTP
Aims
1. to gain a deeper understanding of poetic form and how it relates to musical form.
2. to understand how politics and poetics inform lyric.
3. to gain an understanding of how gender, race, intertextuality, and acculturation processes can inform musical production.
Learning Outcomes
1.
have expanded their knowledge of musical and literary repertoires.
2.
developed an understanding of the interaction of words and music in various styles and historical periods, and be able to use appropriate technical language to analyse structure/form and content.
3.
have the ability to gather, evaluate and process orally and in writing information on selected genres and vocal music.
4.
be able to write about the relationship between text and music in an historically and methodically conscious way.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:
Possible topics include, but are not limited to
The court masque – Oberon
The eighteenth century on stage – gender, castrati, Italian opera and The Beggar’s Opera
Ballads
Sea Shanities
Nineteenth-century art song
Jazz
Words, music and sound in contemporary poetry
The musical
Protest song
Words and music on film / in silent film
Bob Dylan
Musical novels
Music and nation
Music and race
Macaronic music and poetry
Possible topics include, but are not limited to
The court masque – Oberon
The eighteenth century on stage – gender, castrati, Italian opera and The Beggar’s Opera
Ballads
Sea Shanities
Nineteenth-century art song
Jazz
Words, music and sound in contemporary poetry
The musical
Protest song
Words and music on film / in silent film
Bob Dylan
Musical novels
Music and nation
Music and race
Macaronic music and poetry
Module Overview:
This module helps to gain a deeper understanding of poetic form and how it relates to musical form. It also helps to understand how politics and poetics inform lyrics. You will also gain knowledge of how gender, race, intertextuality, and acculturation processes can influence musical production.
This module helps to gain a deeper understanding of poetic form and how it relates to musical form. It also helps to understand how politics and poetics inform lyrics. You will also gain knowledge of how gender, race, intertextuality, and acculturation processes can influence musical production.
Additional Information:
The majority of all music is song music that combines a text with notes or sound. Several languages, including Ancient Greek, do not differentiate between music and song and it has been argued that music had its origins in heightened speech or the declamation of poetry. But the relationship between words and music doesnt stop at verbal utterances to tunes; music also informs fiction, particularly the musical novel where music is not only a theme of the narrative but also underpins the form and structure of the prose. This module explores the relationship between words and music as it developed in different genres and in different historical periods; it asks how language and music interacts to create meaning. No knowledge of musical notation is necessary to take this module, but students will be taught appropriate terms and concepts to help them to analyse set works.
The majority of all music is song music that combines a text with notes or sound. Several languages, including Ancient Greek, do not differentiate between music and song and it has been argued that music had its origins in heightened speech or the declamation of poetry. But the relationship between words and music doesnt stop at verbal utterances to tunes; music also informs fiction, particularly the musical novel where music is not only a theme of the narrative but also underpins the form and structure of the prose. This module explores the relationship between words and music as it developed in different genres and in different historical periods; it asks how language and music interacts to create meaning. No knowledge of musical notation is necessary to take this module, but students will be taught appropriate terms and concepts to help them to analyse set works.