Swiftlit

Today’s episode is another installment of Marvelous Motifs where I’ll dive into the usage of colors throughout Taylor’s discography! 🌈

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On today’s episode I’ll look at the various characters, voices and selves that appear throughout Taylor Swift’s discography. Once again I will use Bakhtin and Bruner’s ideas of heteroglossia and creation of self to examine Swift’s work with characters and voices. 

Texts mentioned in this episode are: Discourse In The Novel by Mikhail Bakhtin and Making Stories: Law, Literature, Life by Jerome Bruner.

Miss Americana on Netflix
Taylor Swift’s Songwriting Process on ‘evermore’ | Apple Music
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On today's episode I will explore a handful of songs written in the Quill, Fountain and Glitter Gel Pen styles!

Taylor's NSAI Speech

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On today’s episode I’ll examine how the reputation album and era introduced a new persona and by extension a new voice for Taylor Swift. Using Jerome Bruner’s idea of Creation of Self, Mikhail Bakhtin’s concept of heteroglossia and Roland Barthes’ Death of the Author, I will discuss how Swift created this new persona and adhered to it throughout the era. 

Texts mentioned in this episode are: Discourse In The Novel by Mikhail Bakhtin, Image, Music, Text by Roland Barthes and Making Stories: Law, Literature, Life by Jerome Bruner. 

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Happy 1989 (Taylor’s Version) release day! On this special holiday episode of Swiftlit I will continue exploring Swift’s use of motifs. Today’s topic: the idea of being haunted and ghosts👻🎃! 

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Introducing Marvelous Motifs a mini-series where I’ll trace a particular motif throughout Taylor’s discography. On today’s episode I will focus on how Swift uses hands and physical contact to demonstrate love. 

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On the first episode of Swiflit I’ll dive into Taylor Swift’s discography using feminist literary theories. I’ll explore Swift’s evolution regarding other women in her works, the ways she spins classic fairytales on their heads, how she portrays female rage and everything in between. 

Feminist Theories mentioned in this episode are: bell hooks’ Feminism is for Everybody, Kate Millett’s Sexual Politics and Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique. 

Interviews and Speeches mentioned are:

 “The Rolling Stone Interview Taylor Swift” by Brian Hiatt, 2019

 “Taylor Swift’s 1989 secrets and response to SEXIST song speculation [FULL INTERVIEW]” by 2DayFMSydney, 2014

“Reinvention of Taylor Swift” by Josh Eells, 2014

“Taylor Swift on ‘Bad Blood,’ Kanye West and How People Interpret Her Lyrics” by Chuck Klosterman, 2015

“Tout le monde en parle” 2014

“Taylor Swift: The Billboard Cover Story” by Tom Roland, 2010

“Taylor Swift’s Solo Act” by Christopher John Farley, 2010

“Taylor Swift Accepts Woman of the Decade Award | Women In Music” by Billboard, 2019

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