Breaking Joy Division’s “Glass”Reading Song Lyrics as Literature

  1. J. Rubén Valdés Miyares 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Oviedo
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    Universidad de Oviedo

    Oviedo, España

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Revista:
Atlantis: Revista de la Asociación Española de Estudios Anglo-Norteamericanos

ISSN: 0210-6124

Año de publicación: 2016

Volumen: 38

Número: 2

Páginas: 161-180

Tipo: Artículo

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Otras publicaciones en: Atlantis: Revista de la Asociación Española de Estudios Anglo-Norteamericanos

Resumen

La lectura de letras de canciones como textos literarios presenta diversas dificultades, siendo una de las principales la relación entre esas letras y la historia de su autor como estrella. Este artículo aborda el simbolismo de romper cristales en la vida de Ian Curtis, tal como aparece en sus biografías, y en las canciones que escribió para su grupo, Joy Division, como caso ilustrativo de la complejidad de leer letras de canciones modernas. El argumento es, en definitiva, que el significado de las letras de canciones, aún en mayor medida que el de otros textos literarios, depende de su refracción, a la manera de un espejo roto, a través de una multiplicidad de otros textos y públicos.

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