AnimaRequiem Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 Hello to everyone, my name is Sean Davis and I am currently researching for my Master's Thesis. I am writing about Intertextuality and Musical Narrative in The Resistance. I suppose I'm posting here to see if there is any other work published about MUSE and to get some input about how Orwell's 1984 factors into the album. Thanks in advance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarrieB Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 As much as I love Muse and The Resistance, I think you might be hard pressed getting a master's thesis out of it. Here's a thread where it's been discussed and there are probably several more regarding 1984 if you do a search. http://board.muse.mu/showthread.php?t=68067 PS Welcome to the site though and it sounds like an interesting topic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnimaRequiem Posted September 21, 2010 Author Share Posted September 21, 2010 Oh I don't think I'll have a problem getting enough material from the album, popular music is a huge part of the field right now and MUSE is one of the more musically sophisticated bands at the moment. Thanks for the link, I'll check it out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anxyous Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 You could also read 1984, if you haven't already. It's a great read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnimaRequiem Posted September 23, 2010 Author Share Posted September 23, 2010 It is a great read! That was where I started my research, but I'm reading it again while doing analysis for extra insight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syzygy Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 Books about Muse? only the biography ends after they completed BH&R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rainingradioheads Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 Books about Muse? only the biography ends after they completed BH&R My copy includes The Resistance, it's updated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombat_714 Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 My copy includes The Resistance, it's updated. Yep. Good luck getting a Master's on The Resistance... Cool subject at least! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarrieB Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 Yeah, it would be interesting to hear some of the ideas you come up with, once you start it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simno Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 Books about Muse? only the biography ends after they completed BH&R That's not exactly the kind of literature you'd need to contribute to that level of study. I think you're going to have to approach it all quite technically - I doubt you will find any useful equivalent comment out there, which would be a point of concern for me if I was writing this, as usually you want to include the opinion of other linguists on a given topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarrieB Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 That's not exactly the kind of literature you'd need to contribute to that level of study. I think you're going to have to approach it all quite technically - I doubt you will find any useful equivalent comment out there, which would be a point of concern for me if I was writing this, as usually you want to include the opinion of other linguists on a given topic. I suppose he could research (and compare with) how other artists have approached it. Muse aren't the only ones to have used references from 1984. And I suppose there's also the other books that Matt has referred to which influenced him in the songwriting. And then there's the news stories and of course the conspiracy theories though I'm not sure how far you can go because some of his influences aren't exactly that authentic and it may be difficult to find good references. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simno Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 I suppose he could research (and compare with) how other artists have approached it. Muse aren't the only ones to have used references from 1984. And I suppose there's also the other books that Matt has referred to which influenced him in the songwriting. And then there's the news stories and of course the conspiracy theories though I'm not sure how far you can go because some of his influences aren't exactly that authentic and it may be difficult to find good references. Good points But from my own experience in this field, its less about influential literature and more about the critical context of the piece itself. Say if I wanted to write about '1984' then there is a wealth of critical response to this text already, and so the opinion which I would be producing could be either reinforced or countered by existing opinion. Just to give a bit of context on my waffling, I love this kind of literature, and writing on it: - I did a thesis on 'Der Prozess' (The Trial - Kafka) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnimaRequiem Posted September 24, 2010 Author Share Posted September 24, 2010 Some interesting ideas, my thesis is based more in musical analysis and narrative. I will be focusing on the intertextual references of the album and their meanings (as derived from 1984 and also just general meanings); I'll be looking into the Chopin and Saint Saens quotes as well as the chromatic harmony and romantic stylistic influence in Exogenesis. And don't worry about my getting an entire thesis out of this, there have been dissertations on the Beach Boys so I think I'll be fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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