Instructors: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Andreas Gipper
Event type:
Proseminar
Displayed in timetable as:
06.059.0031
Credits:
6,0
Language of instruction:
German
Min. | Max. participants:
- | 25
Priority scheme: Senatsrichtlinie zzgl. Bevorzugung höherer Fachsemester
Requirements / organisational issues:
Chansons are an important media of popular culture and have a considerable impact on collective memory, especially in France.
The seminar will focus on chansons that have a particular potential of national identification or explicitly address questions of national identity. A broad spectrum from the classics of the chanson to contemporary rap will be presented and analysed. The seminar will also serve to address certain aspects of chanson translation.
Contents:
Chansons are an important media of popular culture and have a considerable impact on collective memory, especially in France.
The seminar will focus on chansons that have a particular potential of national identification or explicitly address questions of national identity. A broad spectrum from the classics of the chanson to contemporary rap will be presented and analysed. The seminar will also serve to address certain aspects of chanson translation.
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