Document Type

Thesis - University Access Only

Award Date

2012

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Department / School

Communication Studies and Theatre

First Advisor

John D. Ackman

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to further understand Bob Dylan's music that took place during the early sixties, specifically the songs "Blowin' in the Wind," and "The Times They are A-Changin'." These two songs served as representative rhetoric of the time period. Included in the study is a review of literature on the time period in which the songs were written, Dylan's background, Aristotelian rhetoric, and the communication theories of narrative paradigm, coordinated management of meaning (CMM), and expectancy violation theory (EVT). The results yielded a number of findings including the use of dynamic imagery, an emphasis on social, relational, and political awareness, and the goals of changing society through shifts in morals, values, and traditions.

Library of Congress Subject Headings

Dylan, Bob, 1941 -- Criticism and interpretation
Popular music -- United States -- History and criticism

Publisher

South Dakota State University

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