Abstract
dc:description.abstractFirst, the purpose of this study is to investigate the ways in which blues lyrics apply rhetorical invention, specifically metaphor. Analysis of a sample of songs from the Blues Hall of Fame first explores how classical rhetorical devices are utilized in blues lyrics; Secondly, through metaphoric criticism the unique idiom of the blues reveals a strong trend towards self-abasement. And finally, despite intensified racial awareness of genre of folk (blues) music it is not a closed communicative act, but through the utilization of archetypal metaphor, a universal one.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Master of Arts (MA)
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Thesis
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Communication Studies
- Grantor dc:publisher
- University of Nevada, Las Vegas
- Year
- 1999
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Luongo, Jacquelyn A
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Richard Jensen
Rights
dc:rights- Statement dc:rights
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- IN COPYRIGHT. For more information about this rights statement, please visit http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
- Language dc:language
- English
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Identifier
- https://oasis.library.unlv.edu/rtds/1025
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:oasis.library.unlv.edu:rtds-2024