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| Module Availability |
| Semester 1 |
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| Assessment Pattern |
Coursework 1: an essay of not more than 2,000 words - 50%
Coursework 2: group presentation - 50%
Resit alternative: one-and-a-half hour examination.
You will need to achieve a weighted aggregate mark of 40%.
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| Module Overview |
| The purpose of this module is to build on students’ techniques of analysis of recorded song by developing a hermeneutic methodology. |
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| Prerequisites/Co-requisites |
| HE2 Popular Song Analysis. |
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| Module Aims |
| The principal aim of the module is to enable you to develop specific techniques for the interpretation of meaning in recorded popular song and to exhibit those techniques in relation to specific repertory items. The secondary aim is to explore the theoretical justification of those techniques. |
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| Learning Outcomes |
On successful completion of the module (without resit), you should be able to:
• Produce an interpretation of any track falling within the repertory range of the module.
• Justify, by means of theoretical models, the grounds for your interpretation.
• Demonstrate an understanding of some of the issues regarding hermeneutics in this repertory.
Transferable Skills:
• Demonstrate your awareness of the provisional nature of knowledge.
• Communicate persuasively, negotiating with others’ contrary positions.
• Interact effectively and sensitively within a working group.
If you have resat Coursework 2, you may not have been able to achieve the latter three outcomes.
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| Module Content |
| A series of classes addressing, in turn, the application of particular hermeneutic categories (such as stylistic friction, the persona, semiotics, proxemics, ecological listening, authenticity and intertextuality). |
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| Methods of Teaching/Learning |
| Interactive lectures, group student presentations. |
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| Selected Texts/Journals |
Compulsory Reading:
Moore, Allan F., forthcoming: Song Means (under contract to Ashgate – pre-publication draft temporarily available on uLearn).
Recommended Reading:
Brackett, David, 2000: Interpreting Popular Music (Berkeley CA: California University Press).
Tagg, Philip, and Clarida, Bob, 2003: Ten Little Title Tunes (New York NY: MMMSP).
Moore, Allan F. (ed.), 2003: Analyzing Popular Music (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press).
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| Last Updated |
11.04.11
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