Dynamique narrative du texte, du film et de la musique by Wolfgang Wildgen

“…We shall present some specimens of analysis in the linguistic modality (spontaneous oral tales, folktales), in the visual modality (painting by Leonardo da Vinci, action movie in the series of Bond films), and in the musical modality (Blues music). The static analyses in the tradition of structuralism are replaced by morphodynamic schemes, by gesture and glance vectors, paths of pursuit and scenarios of conflict in action movies and eventually by harmonic sequences in the Blues. …”
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“Key to the highway”: blues records and the great migration by Louis Mazzari

“…The paper will explore blues music as an expression of the fluidity of African American society and culture during the Great Depression.While avoiding direct protest, blues singers and musicians—first women, later men—crafted an art form and employed the technology of the phonograph to encourage freedom of movement and choice. …”
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