Dub Poetry in and from Jamaica

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English

 

Written by:

Wava T

 

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August 10, 2014

 

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University

 

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A

 

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Structural Characteristics of Dub Poetry 15 4.1 Patois – the Language 15 4.2 Rhythm 15 4.3 Performance 17 5 Linguistic Analysis of Dub Poetry Lyrics and Performance 18 5.1 Linton Kwesi Johnson 18 5.2 Wat about di Workin Claas? 19 5.3 Tings an Times – Performance Aspects in Comparison 21 6 Reflection 23 7 Bibliography and Discography 24 8 Appendix 25 1 Introduction Dub poetry is often said to be a musical genre due to its close connection to reggae music, but a second glance reveals quite obviously dub poetry’s affiliation to a literary form rooted in the oral tradition of Jamaica...
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The generally accepted creed of dub poetry is “Word, Sound and Power”, it is self-proclaimed and clearly underlines it’s peculiarity in terms of the spoken word being the central medium. It is therefore not comparable to western poetry because the content of a dub poem achieves its value through the Creole language and the integrated rhythm (cf...
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