In Reply to: Bob Dylan Awarded 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature posted by Amphissa on October 13, 2016 at 10:24:14:
You can't compare songwriting directly to poetry - it has to work with the music. But it is nevertheless a valid form of literature. It uses words - it has a message.
The thing about Dylan isn't his lyrics per se - there are more poetic songwriters. The thing about Dylan is he influenced a whole generation. His influence was massive, and around the globe as well as in the USA. He was truly a figure of his time. You could compare him with Solzhenitsyn, for instance, as a spokesman for a historically important epoch. That's enough for me.
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Follow Ups
- Totally in favour - songwriting is literature as well. - andy evans 23:49:08 10/13/16 (1)
- Heartily agree although you can add an "s" to generation... N/T - musetap 05:45:21 10/14/16 (0)