Esta dissertação constitui uma análise do nacionalismo presente na obra do poeta escocês Robert Burns. Observando conceitos sobre nação e nacionalismo, investigando a invenção e manutenção de tradições, e traçando momentos históricos importantes para a formação da identidade nacional, é nosso objetivo analisar poemas e canções de Burns em busca de elementos que constroem uma imagem da Escócia como nação. / This dissertation presents an analysis of the nationalism in works of the Scottish poet Robert Burns. By dealing with concepts related to nation and nationalism, by investigating the invention and preservation of traditions, and by pointing out historical events which may have been influential to the shaping of the national identity, our goal is to analyse poems and songs by Burns in search of elements that build an image of Scotland as a nation.

Esta dissertação constitui uma análise do nacionalismo presente na obra do poeta escocês Robert Burns. Observando conceitos sobre nação e nacionalismo, investigando a invenção e manutenção de tradições, e traçando momentos históricos importantes para a formação da identidade nacional, é nosso objetivo analisar poemas e canções de Burns em busca de elementos que constroem uma imagem da Escócia como nação. / This dissertation presents an analysis of the nationalism in works of the Scottish poet Robert Burns. By dealing with concepts related to nation and nationalism, by investigating the invention and preservation of traditions, and by pointing out historical events which may have been influential to the shaping of the national identity, our goal is to analyse poems and songs by Burns in search of elements that build an image of Scotland as a nation.

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Denna uppsats kommer behandla instuderingen och interpretationen av Thea Musgraves sångcykel Songs for a Winter’s Evening (1995). Till verket har Musgrave valt texter av den skotska nationalskalden Robert Burns. De fristående texter hon har valt ut ska tillsammans bilda en historia om en kvinnas liv. Från den unga kvinnan som längtar efter vuxen kärlek till den åldrande kvinnan som upplevt livslång kärlek. Dessa texter skrev Burns till befintliga folkmelodier och skapade därigenom nya ballader. Då jag blev tillfrågad om att framföra denna sångcykel på en konsert den 28 januari 2018 så valde jag att fördjupa mig i verket och även skriva mitt examensarbete om sångerna. Syftet var att genom analys av text och musik i kombination skaffa mig så pass mycket insikt och kunskap i detta verk som krävs för att framföra det på en hög nivå. I analysdelen av denna uppsats framgår det hur jag har arbetat med Songs for a Winter’s Evening ur ett tolkningsperspektiv samt i sammanhang där jag tar upp liknande kompositioner som är baserade på samma folkmelodier. Genom att arbeta på detta sätt med de här sångerna har jag utvecklats både musikaliskt och tekniskt. Jag har kunnat framföra cykeln på en hög nivå och kommer genom fortsatt arbete kunna utvecklas ytterligare. / <p>Medverkande var sopran Amanda Liljefors, dirigent Glenn Mossop och Orkester Filialen.</p><p>På konserten framfördes <em>Songs for a Winter's Evening </em>av Thea Musgrave, <em>Tam O'Shanter Overture </em>av Malcolm Arnold och <em>Symphony in E minor 'Gaelic' </em>av Amy Beach.</p><p></p>

This thesis aims to engage with the poetry of Scotland and Greek-speaking Cyprus, and examine the relationship between poetry defined as high culture and articulations of national identity in the two places. Scotland and Cyprus share characteristics that make the establishment of a single, coherent national identity with the appearance of permanence challenging, including their relationships with culturally dominant neighbours, competition between local and official languages, and the insecurity of their status as nations. Both Scotland and Cyprus have historically had hybrid identities; in Scotland, British identity is made problematic by England's cultural dominance, while in Cyprus Greek-speakers have a conflicted relationship with Greece. This is made more complex by the fact that Scotland's political union with England may be ending, while Cyprus is divided in half as a result of tensions between Christian and Muslim populations and the unsubtle past involvement of Greece and Turkey in the island's affairs. This thesis aims to locate trends of national identity through the analysis of poetry and its reception in three distinct contexts. Part 1 analyses the evolution of Scottish and Greek-speaking Cypriot 'national character' through the poetry of national poets Robert Burns and Vasilis Michailidis, and the poets Walter Scott and Dimitris Lipertis. Part 2 explores the effects of modernity on the expression of national identities in literature through the lens of the Modernist movement, and how this was adopted and modified in Scotland and Cyprus. This is discussed with reference to three poets, Hugh MacDiarmid, Kostas Montis and Edwin Morgan, and their treatment of the national past and search for a national literary language. Finally, Part 3 analyses deliberate engagements of poets with national identity and issues of national importance, using Seamus Heaney's idea of 'adequate' poetry as a guide. Two functions of poetry are considered: the role it can play in transforming the landscape into the national homeland, and its potential to address communal trauma, and transform it into a unifying experience.