Survival in ‘Survival’: A Multimodal Analysis of Bob Marley’s Lyrics

Abstract

<jats:p>This paper presents a multimodal analysis of the theme of survival in Bob Marley’s 1979 ‘Survival’ album. The paper employs a multimodal analytical approach where attention is given to how the cover design of the album, literary devices and other aesthetic ways by which the theme of survival is projected in the ‘Survival’ album. Findings show that the cover design of the album speaks volumes and is loaded with meaning in projecting the theme of survival. Besides, Bob Marley employs repetition, allusion and metaphor in projecting the theme of survival in the ‘Survival’ album. Finally, the name of the album as well as those of the songs and their order of arrangement all contribute tremendously to building the theme of survival right from the first to the last song of the ‘Survival’ album.</jats:p>

Confrontation in ‘Confrontation’: A Multimodal Analysis of Bob Marley’s Lyrics

“…Hitting people (Babylon) with the confrontational Trench Town rock is no doubt an act of confrontation, which is the main theme that Marley promotes throughout the Confrontation album. An autobiographical allusion seems to be a style that Marley favors, since we find a similar allusion in his Survival album by referring the assassination attempt on his life (Amenorvi, 2019).…”

“…The final aesthetic garniture via which Bob Marley conveys the theme of confrontation in his Confrontation album is by conscious names for as well as in the arrangement of the songs. This style was discovered in Marley"s "Survival" album where every name of the songs as well as their arrangement on the album speaks volumes (Amenorvi, 2019). This is the case with the Confrontation album also.…”

“…This is one figure of speech that Marley regularly employs in his messages as found in his songs. Amenorvi (2019) submits that Marley relies heavily on the literary device of allusionhistorical, Biblical and autobiographical. In Bob Marley"s Survival album, he employed a lot of allusion in conveying the theme of survival in that album.…”

“…This study follows Amenorvi's (2019) Survival in "Survival": A Multimodal Analysis of Bob Marley"s Lyrics, where attention is drawn to the neglect of studying lyrics of songs as discourse or text types. In that study attention is drawn to the definition of a text as submitted by scholars such as Halliday & Hasan (1976), Bloor & Bloor (2013) and Halliday & Matthiessen (2014).…”

Perfil de bilingüismo de niños, niñas de 6 a 9 años en una institución educativa bilingüe

“…Por otra parte, plantea que el bilingüismo coordinado se logra solamente cuando cada uno de los padres le habla en una sola lengua al niño, lo que permitirá que pueda construir dos sistemas diferentes y pueda manejarlos hábilmente (Ronjat, 1913, citado en Dorcasberro, 2003Amenorvi, 2019).…”