Author ORCID Identifier
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1629-8230
Date of Award
12-16-2020
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
English
First Advisor
Ashley Holmes, PhD
Second Advisor
Baotong Gu, PhD
Third Advisor
Mary Hocks, PhD
Abstract
ABSTRACT
This thesis analyzes the rhetorical ascendance achieved by the musical group, The Beatles, during a career that propelled them from largely musical performers/entertainers to consummate and fully-fledged artists. This thesis examines two time periods in the group’s career, and then explores the elements that affected the performer-to-artist transition, focusing exclusively on the rhetoric, not the meaning of the song lyrics. A cornerstone of the research was an analytic comparison of parts of speech.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.57709/20282331
Recommended Citation
King, Leslie, "The Evolution of the Lyrics of The Beatles as a Social Function within the Popular Culture." Thesis, Georgia State University, 2020.
doi: https://doi.org/10.57709/20282331
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