Rap Poetry and Postmodernism

Authors

  • Kirill Molokov
  • Ekaterina Zueva

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7596/taksad.v6i4.1193

Keywords:

Rap, Poetry, Postmodernism.

Abstract

This article observes several most significant rap albums of this decade within postmodern literature. Today rap culture ceased to be a sort of “outsider” in academic opinion, because of its influences on the culture and art innovations. We study albums as literary objects according to literary aesthetic theories and principles, display the main postmodern features they have, and analyze the role of rap poetry within postmodernism in general. The results suggest that rap poetry is postmodern not only musically, but also lyrically, as an object of literature. The rap music embodies all the postmodern traits and synthesizes them within the syntheses of music and literature and high art and pop culture.

References

Felluga, Dino (2016). General Introduction to Postmodernism. College of Liberal Arts: Purdue University. Retrieved on July 15, 2016, http://www.cla.purdue.edu/english/theory/postmodernism/modules/introduction.html

McHale, Brian (1987). Postmodern Fiction. Methuen.

Patt, Len & Upstone, Sara (2015). Postmodern Literature and Race. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

The online magazine of hip-hop music criticism and news (2016). Retrieved on July, 12, 2016 http://hiphopdx.com/news/id.30287/title.kendrick-lamar-inspires-good-kid-mad-cities-english-composition-class

The online music and film magazine (2016). Retrieved on July, 17, 2016, http://www.tinymixtapes.com/music-review/kanye-west-yeezus

University of Calgary (2016). Retrieved on July, 12, 2016, https://www.ucalgary.ca/utoday/issue/2014-09-22/rap-linguistics-course-cool-challenging

Downloads

How to Cite

Molokov, K., & Zueva, E. (2017). Rap Poetry and Postmodernism. Journal of History Culture and Art Research, 6(4), 1358-1364. https://doi.org/10.7596/taksad.v6i4.1193