Literature 2.1 Bob Dylan

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Literature 1

Road Map

English literature - Lesson 2

Bob Dylan - 'Hey Mr. Tambourine Man'

• Context of Bob Dylan
• Language and vocabulary 
• Literary aspects
• Reader experience
  

Literature

• a cultural expression of value, 
• in this course, an English written, fictional work,
• which has more than just an entertainment value
• that makes people think about ideas in society/ the way the world works/ themselves.

Bob Dylan

(1941 - now)

Lesson goal

At the end of this class you are able to:

• analyse a poem;
• describe how form can influence content;
• describe the use of literary  tools in the work;
• recognise Bob Dylan's context;
• describe the content and meaning of the song discussed.

Rhyme

repetition of the terminal sounds of a word 

end rhyme: last words of two or more sentences rhyme

internal rhyme: a word within a line rhymes with another word in the same or following line. 

eye rhyme: the words don't rhyme actually but they look like they do. 

slant rhyme/ near rhyme: only the final consonant sounds rhyme but the vowels do not or vice versa

half rhymes/slant rhyme/near rhyme

internal rhymes:

rhyme with the last word of a line though, know; hand, sand, stand, branded; feet, meet, street’s. 

Lesson goal

At the end of this class you are able to:

• analyse a poem;
• describe how form can influence content;
• describe the use of literary  tools in the work;
• recognise Bob Dylan's context;
• describe the content and meaning of the song discussed.

Lesson goal

At the end of this class you are able to:

• analyse a poem;
• describe how form can influence content;
• describe the content and meaning of the song discussed;
• describe the use of literary  tools in the work;
• recognise Bob Dylan's context.

to jangle: make or cause to make a ringing metallic sound, typically a discordant one

to jingle: make or cause to make a light metallic ringing sound.

Take - aways

• Mr. Tambourine Man - the speaker addresses him directly
• Asks him to play a song, he will follow him
• Why? The speaker does not have anything else to do
• Time: morning, with flashback to the night before
• Speaker: I-perspective
• Speaker: lonely, tired
• Evening's empire = vast, powerful entity,
• Sand: time passing by
• Motif: seeing - not seeing (blind, dead)

Context 1960s USA

Meaning

• Bruce Langhorn = Mr. Tambourine Man; 
• Escape from reality through song;
• Chaos of the context (USA, 1960s);

Mr. Tambourine Man

https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/mr-tambourine-man-dylan-inspiration/

Reading dairy

Note your experiences and ideas of Bob Dylan's 

'Mr Tambourine Man'

Homework

Read the poem 'Sonnet 75' by Edmund Spenser