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Syftet med den här uppsatsen är att granska hur genus och genusrelationer uttrycks i svenska, medeltida ballader. Genom att förstå balladkaraktärernas handlingar som performativa, ämnar uppsatsen undersöka hur maskulinitet och femininitet etableras och omförhandlas i balladernas narrativ genom att kartlägga handlingsmönster. Av betydelse är att belysa hur karaktärernas handlingsmöjligheter påverkas av faktorer såsom kön, social status och familjerelationer, men även jämföra hur genusmönster i balladen reflekterar eller utmanar normer och ideal i det senmedeltida samhället. Uppsatsen åskådliggör hur män och kvinnor har möjlighet att utöva och förhandla om makt på olika sätt. Genom detta rör man sig bort från uppfattningen om passivitet och maktlöshet som analogt med femininitet, och aktivitet och makt som synonymt med maskulinitet. Resultaten uppvisar därmed en problematisering och nyansering av genusuttryck i medeltida ballader som saknas i tidigare forskning, och framhäver fördelarna att bedriva ett mer inkluderande synsätt gentemot den här typen av källmaterial inom historievetenskapen.

The diploma thesis The linking of literary and musical ballads in music education at the second stage of elementary school delineates the general definition of the ballad genre from the literary and musical point of view. The work demonstrates the interaction of both arts during the creation of this genre, inferring from several professional publications. It also clarifies the main branches of the genre, especially the folk ballad and the artificial ballad. Main Czech authors contributing to these genres are introduced within each of these ballads. Based on the overview of Czech music authors, the examples of musical forms, inspired by verbal art and chosen by these authors for their compositions, are described. Attention is paid to the pedagogically psychological aspect of the ballad, which demonstrates the significant influence of this genre on the development of the individual competencies of the pupil at the second stage of elementary school. The contribution of the ballad to educational areas and its benefits on mutual school subject relationships are discussed in several points. This diploma thesis shows evidence of the interaction of verbal and musical art considering the overview of the ballad genre development and its music rendition. The text proves contribution of the ballad and its...

The English classical song is peculiarly native to Britain. It roots in the mystic elements of ballads and nature. It was the influence of the early English ballad, first spoken, then sung, then joined in the happy culmination of voice and melody to make a song that is immortal and unique in music.

Most research into blues music over the past thirty years has examined either how the blues contribute to or reflect African-American identity, or how blues lyrics may be used as windows into African-American culture, values, and attitudes. Scholars have generally relied on more conventional songs about male-female relationships in this research, largely ignoring the subset of topical blues songs that related information about current events. Given the widespread illiteracy among African Americans during the height of the blues' popularity, these topical songs are particularly compelling. To date, however, no one has coupled topical blues together with their consumers' educational attainment to consider if and how songs about current events served as a mode of education in the African-American community. By employing Houston Baker's theory of the blues matrix to examine topical blues songs, it becomes clear that functionally illiterate African Americans relied on topical blues as a spoken newspaper during the 1920s, 30s, and 40s.

Esta dissertação apresenta uma proposta tradutória do metro de balada inglês, exemplificada pela tradução de parte do poema The Ballad of Reading Gaol, escrito por Oscar Wilde no referido metro. Para tal proposta, adota-se um procedimento formal diverso dos seguidos pelas cinco traduções do poema existentes em português. São utilizadas, para fundamentação da proposta, algumas abordagens teóricas da tradução, como o conceito de retradução segundo Antoine Berman, a teoria dos skopos segundo Katharina Reiss & Hans J. Vermeer, a ideia de temporalidade segundo John Milton e Gideon Toury e de fidelidade baseada em Friedrich E. D. Schleiermacher. Faz-se, em seguida, uma leitura crítica do poema de Wilde, para que sejam levantados os aspectos formais e os efeitos estilísticos nele observados. Também são estudadas as traduções do poema já publicadas em português, para que sejam observados os aspectos formais e efeitos estilísticos que caracterizam cada uma delas. É feita, então, a proposta própria para a tradução do metro de balada, seguida de uma discussão acerca do atingimento dos objetivos propostos. / This dissertation proposes a translation for the English ballad meter, exemplified by the translation to Portuguese of part of the poem The Ballad of Reading Gaol written by Oscar Wilde with this meter. For such, a formal procedure, different from the ones followed by the existent five translations of the poem to Portuguese, was used. For justifying this proposal, theoretical approaches to translation will be considered, such as retranslation, by Antoine Berman, skopos, by Katharina Reiss & Hans J. Vermeer, temporality, by John Milton and Gideon Toury, and fidelity, by Friedrich E. D. Schleiermacher. Afterward, a critical study of The Ballad of Reading Gaol will be conducted in order to describe its formal aspects and style. Translations of the poem to Portuguese will also be studied, to analyze their formal and stylistic distinguishes. Finally, the translation proposal for the ballad meter will be demonstrated, followed by a discussion regarding the fulfillment of the research objectives will be conducted.

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In the 1890s, Antonin Dvořak created five symphonic poems, respectively The Water Goblin¡BThe Noon Witch¡BThe Golden Spinning Wheel¡BThe Wild Dove¡BA Hero's Song. The first four poems originated from Erben¡¦s prosody anthology, Dvořak present the personality of the roles by using Czech rhyme and characters features, and successfully promote the development of plot by adding the realism sound effects with poems content. According to the unique narrative poem, it presents the original by using succeed verse to verse faithfully. In addition to the introduction and conclusion in this study, it contains three main chapters. The Chapter 1 is discussed in detail for ¡§the creation course and nationality about Dvořak¡¨, ¡§Symphonic poem of the 19th century¡¨, ¡§narrative poem and ballade¡¨ and four symphonic poems according to Erben anthology respectively. Chapter 2 focuses on the careers and brainchild of Erben, and the writing concept about Kytice. The chapter 3 is base on the created years of the four symphonic poems to know the narratives of Dvořak by investigating the creative concept and the process of composition.

This study investigates the role music played in the Civil Rights Movement as a form of political protest. The first part of the studies analyzed how political protest music was used in the early part of the twentieth-century leading up to the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. An analysis of the role of music in African-American culture also provides a historical background to the music-making of the Civil Rights Movement. Specific musical forms such as topical ballads, freedom songs, and spirituals are examined. In addition, musical influences of African culture as well as religious influences on music-making during the Civil Rights Movement are also examined. The second section of the paper investigates the life and murder of NAACP organizer Harry T. Moore of Mims, Florida. Moore’s life and death became the subject of a topical ballad, “The Ballad of Harry T. Moore”, composed in 2001 by musical group Sweet Honey In The Rock. An analysis of the song’s, literary, political, and musical connections to the ideology and music of the Civil Rights Movement, as well as subject matter, gives evidence that places the song within the tradition of the musical protest activities of the Civil Rights Movement

ENGLISH SUMMARY In my diploma thesis called The Dramatization of Ivan Olbracht's novel The Bandit Nikolai Shuhai I have concentrated primarily on the adaptation most appreciated by readers as well as, in my opinion, the adaptation of the best quality. In chapter one I focused on Olbracht's novel, precisely on the theme genesis in The Bandit Nikolai Shuhai, which was based on a real-life event. The public responses on the book, which was awarded the state prize for a literary work of art in 1933, are reflected as well. We also deal with blending of the myth with reality, the language and stylistic processing of the novel, and with the main protagonists. Personally, I consider Olbracht's The Bandit Nikolai Shuhai one of the greatest pieces within the Czech literature of 20th century. There are two reasons for which the theme of the novel became a good-quality and favourite basis for further processing: it tells an engaging story of a real-life figure and it is situated in a place which impresses us, Europeans, with enchanting exoticism of its landscape and culture. Chapter two deals with the work of Petr Ulrych which was inspired by Olbracht's novel. Ulrych's first product based on this literary work was a monothematic LP The Bandit Nikolai Shuhai (released in 1974). A year later those thirteen songs were...