Name: ALINE SUAVE NUNES
Type: MSc dissertation
Publication date: 25/02/2021
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| VIVIANA MÓNICA VERMES | Advisor * |
Examining board:
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| LUCAS DOS PASSOS E SILVA | External Examiner * |
| SÉRGIO DA FONSECA AMARAL | Internal Alternate * |
| VITOR CEI SANTOS | Internal Examiner * |
| VIVIANA MÓNICA VERMES | Advisor * |
Summary: ABSTRACTTheuseofthemedievalimageryisatraditionthathaslongpersistedinvariousartisticproductions,despiteitspossibleproblems.ThemedievalispresentinthealbumLittleDarkAge(2018),bytheAmericanindiebandMGMT.Inthisalbum,thebandevokeselementsofthisimagerywhilecriticizingtheproblemsitseesincontemporarylife.Withtheadvanceoftechnology,thecontemporarysubject,ontheonehand,communicatesmoredynamicallyandhasgreateraccesstocultureand,ontheother,experiencesloneliness,misinformationandintolerance.Inthissocietyofthespectacle,artisticproductions(books,songs,films,etc.)arehostagesoftheculturalindustrythat,inturn,producesstandardizedartswiththeintentionofmakingaprofit,leavingasideoriginality.Thus,popularsongisoftenseenasanobjectmanipulatedbycapitalism,becausetheindustryfollowsaformulathatinfluencespeopletoconsumenewproductssimilartothosetheyhaveconsumedbefore.Theindie(independent)artistsemergeasananswertothissystem.However,theirdiscoursemayseemcontradictory,sincetheycriticizetheindustrywhiletheyareinsertedinit.Withthesequestionsinmind,theaimofthisdissertationistoanalyzethereasonfortheband'schoicefortheevocationofthemedievalimagery.Therefore,asproposedbyRuthFinnegann(2008),wewilldiscussthethreedimensionsofsongsinaunifiedway,understandingthisgenreasthemostcompleteliteraryformofcommunicationoffeelingsandsensations.Inordertodeveloptheseissues,inagreementwithAntonioCandido(2006),wewillexaminehowthecontemporarysocialcontextandtheaestheticstructureoflyrical,musicalandperformaticproductionrelatetoeachother.WewillalsodrawonthetheoreticaldiscussionsofDebord(1997),Adorno(1996),Eco(1986),LeGoff(2005),Schøllhammer(2007)andLaplantine&Trindade(2017).Basedontheanalysisofthelyrical,musicalandperformaticdimensions,wewilldiscussthepossibilitiesofinterpretationderivedfromtheassociationofsocialelementswiththeaestheticexperienceoftheLittleDarkAge'ssongsandtheirrelationswiththeechoesofthemedieval imagery.Keywords: ​Popular Song. Medieval Imagery. Contemporaneity. Capitalism.Technology.
