This biannual learning unit is being organized in 2024-2025
Teacher(s)
Language
French
Prerequisites
LMUSI 1503 (20th and 21st century Music)
Main themes
Can be approached: questions of distinction (pop/rock, rap/rock; authenticity/inauthenticity'); rock as music; rock as technology; rock and economie; rock as social identity ; rock and geography; rock and history; rock and the media.
Learning outcomes
At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to : | |
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- Be able to transpose the methodological approach of the rock artwork as a key to interpret the contemporary world. - Understand the articulation existing between an artistic text and the elements of its context |
Content
Anglo-american rock has been, for six decades, the model and paradigm against which most of the popular music produced on the planet is measured. Depending on the year, this influence will be approached through the analysis of rock genres, through the description of important albums or through the career of representative personnalities.
Teaching methods
Seminar
Evaluation methods
Written work with oral presentation
Bibliography
En fonction du thème de l'année
Faculty or entity