Poezija britanske popularne kulture 20. veka: poetika i hermeneutika

Abstract

Tema ovog rada jeste poezija britanske popularne kulture dvadesetog veka, odnosno, stihovi pop i rok pesama britanskih muzičkih autora. Polazna teza disertacije jeste to da se tekstovi popularnih pesama mogu smatrati poezijom, te da se uobičajene metode koje se koriste pri analizi tradicionalnog pesničkog stvaralaštva mogu upotrebiti i kada je reč o pop i rok tekstu. Iako se popularna muzika odavno posmatra kao bitan činilac u kulturi dvadesetog i dvadeset prvog veka, i kao takva jeste predmet brojnih kritičkih studija, primećuje se iznenađujuća činjenica da se te studije uglavnom bave njenom kulturološko-sociološkom ulogom, zbog čega je i istražuju upravo iz tog ugla. Za razliku od njih, ovaj rad se usredsređuje na pesničke elemente popularne muzike (poetika), i to tako što ih tumači kao i svaki drugi književni tekst (hermeneutika). Ponekad se ovoj analizi dodaje i muzikološka, jer se značenje popularnih pesama stvara kombinacijom tekstualnog i muzičkog aspekta. U odabiru bendova koji su postavljeni u središte analize od velike koristi bila je teorija Kira Kitlija (Keir Keightley) o romantičarkoj i modernističkoj autentičnosti popularne muzike. S obzirom na to da su studije popularne muzike uglavnom posvećene romantičarsko autentičnim stvaraocima, predmet istraživanja ove disertacije jesu tri modernističko autentične grupe, a to su Bitlsi (The Beatles), Kvin (Queen) i Mjuz (Muse). Njihovi tekstovi su tematski podeljeni u četiri grupe: pesme o ljubavi, narativne pesme, pesme o unutrašnjem svetu i pesme o spoljašnjem svetu; i analizirani su u skladu sa takvom podelom. Nakon izvršene analize, izveden je zaključak da se tekstovi rok i pop pesama uistinu mogu smatrati poezijom, čak i kada stihovni element neke pesme služi pre svega kao pratnja muzičkom. Na ovaj način, utvrđeno je da pop i rok poeziji i te kako pripada mesto u širokoj i raznorodnoj oblasti pesničkog stvaralaštva.

The topic of this research was the poetry of 20th century British popular culture, i.e., the lyrics of pop and rock songs written by British authors. The basic thesis of the dissertation was the idea that popular music lyrics can be considered to be poetry, and that the usual methods used to analyse traditional poetry can thus also be used in the analysis of pop and rock lyrics. Even though popular music has long been considered a valuable factor in the 20th and 21st century culture, therefore being the topic of numerous critical studies, most of these studies have, surprisingly, been focused almost exclusively on the culturological and sociological importance of popular music and have thus approached it accordingly. This research is instead focused on its poetical elements (poetics), interpreting them as it would any other kind of literary text (hermeneutics). Sometimes, musicological element is also added to the analysis, given that the meaning of popular songs is created by the combination of both text and music. Keir Keightley’s theory of Romantic and Modernist authenticity in music has been greatly helpful in choosing the bands on which the research was to focus. Since popular music studies mostly deal with Romantic authenticity, three bands which display Modernist vii authenticity – The Beatles, Queen, and Muse – were here chosen as subjects instead. Their lyrics were divided into four thematic groups: songs about love, narrative songs, songs about the inner world, and songs about the outer world; they were analysed according to these thematic focuses. After the analysis was done, the following conclusion was drawn: pop and rock lyrics can indeed be considered poetry, even when the textual element is only secondary to the musical one. It has thus been proved that pop and rock texts should be regarded as part of the vast and varied area of poetry in general