The Role of Music in E. L. Doctorow's City of God
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<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.46585/absa.2022.15.2434" target="_blank" >10.46585/absa.2022.15.2434</a>
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angličtina
Original language name
The Role of Music in E. L. Doctorow's City of God
Original language description
E. L. Doctorow became world-famous primarily for his novel Ragtime (1975), which references a distinct style of playing the piano that had a profound impact on the development of jazz. Music also plays a principal role in a number of the author’s other works. This paper explores the role of music in one of his later novels, City of God (2000), with a focus on selected scenes in which music is represented. From the viewpoint of different modes of music in literature, namely the thematization of music, the sound layer and the musicalization of fiction, this contribution examines the emotions elicited in the protagonists in the scenes in question, as well as the atmosphere that the music creates or accentuates. It also takes into account which musical instruments are employed, including the symbolic meaning that one of them, the violin, carries. Furthermore, an investigation is presented as to what extent musical elements from other novels by E. L. Doctorow can be found, and in which respects this novel is unique. In City of God, the lyrics of jazz tunes emerge throughout the novel, thus the importance of this motif is discussed in detail along with the attention devoted to other major manifestations of music in this literary work.
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Type
J<sub>SC</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60205 - Literary theory
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
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Publication year
2022
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
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Name of the periodical
American and British Studies Annual
ISSN
1803-6058
e-ISSN
2788-2233
Volume of the periodical
2022
Issue of the periodical within the volume
15
Country of publishing house
CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC
Number of pages
10
Pages from-to
116-125
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EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85145752221