La rêverie aquatique dans les textes de chansons modernes (1946-2011) des pays méditerranées de l’Union européenne

Abstract

Within the concept of this research, the lyrics of 214 songs of modern Mediterranean E.U. countries (selected from 40,000 lyrics found) are analysed in the context of literary style structures, categorised by the water element in its different forms: liquid (sea, ocean, lakes, rivers, running water, tears, rain), solid (ice, snow, hail) or gasious (clouds, fog, mist, steam) in order to find the relationship between lyrics of classical poetry and modern songs and that between songwriters of the mediterranean E.U. countries. The results indicate that the texts of modern songs are close contact with classical poetry and folk songs, and that songwriters of the Mediterranean EU are more sensitive to the "charms of the sea", in contrast to classical poetry, where according to studies by Gaston Bachelard, there is a dominance of fresh water to the reverie of the poets.