'I Gave You Power': The Weaponization of Literary Intertextuality in HipHop Lyricism

这篇创造性的批评论文通过分析历史上关键时代的四位主持人：Rakim，Nas，BlackThought和Kendrick Lamar的作品，探讨了文学互文性在嘻哈传统中的存在和功能。具体来说，它考察了这些艺术家如何“武器化”互文性，通过对他们的社会地位，结构条件和更广泛的文化环境进行复杂的分析和艺术批评，赋予自己和其他社会和政治边缘化的主体权力。它将探讨文学互文性作为一种概念和政治武器来对抗压迫的社会结构条件，并因此对现存的嘻哈文化和传统文学文化之间的联系的理解做出重要的理论贡献。第一个是深入的文本分析机构的工作，上述抒情诗，分析主题（布劳恩和克拉克，2006年）和系统使用NVivo软件，重点是他们的文学互文性的使用。这次调查（40，000字的评论散文）将通过创作原创歌词集来补充（以音乐专辑的形式与原创音乐伴奏一起呈现）以文学互文性作为“武器”，并带有自我反思的评论。这个项目建立在我二十年的音乐和媒体行业经验，专业音乐出版的历史（阿迪，2003年，2010年，2016年）和超过十年的经验，辅导抒情与各种组织（包括即将举行的短期课程与南大，“司仪，抒情，嘻哈和说唱艺术”）。对于我提出的项目，我将扩大uponthese经验，结合文学和诗歌分析的技能，在我的BAhons英语与创意写作（第一）和MA创意写作（区别）。

This creative-critical thesis explores the presence and function of literary intertextuality in the hip-hoptradition by analysing the bodies of work of four emcees from key eras in its history: Rakim, Nas, BlackThought and Kendrick Lamar. Specifically, it examines how these artists 'weaponize' intertextuality,empowering themselves and other socially and politically marginalised subjects through a complexanalytical and artistic critique of their social positions, structural conditions and wider culturalenvironment. It will investigate the use of literary intertextuality as a conceptual and political weaponagainst socio-structural conditions of oppression, and as such, make a significant theoreticalcontribution to extant understandings of the links between hip-hop culture and traditionally-conceivedliterary culture.The thesis comprises two parts. The first is an in-depth textual analysis of the bodies of work of theaforementioned lyricists, analysed thematically (Braun and Clarke, 2006) and systematically usingNVivo software, with a focus on their uses of literary intertextuality. This investigation (40,000 words ofcritical prose) will be complemented by the creation of an original collection of lyrics (presentedalongside an original musical accompaniment in the form of a music album) centred upon literaryintertextuality as a 'weapon', with a selfreflexive critical commentary.This project builds upon my twenty years' experience in the music and media industries, a history ofprofessional music publication (Adey, 2003, 2010, 2016) and over a decade of experience in tutoringlyricism with various organisations (including an upcoming short course in conjunction with NTU, 'TheEmcee, Lyricism, HipHop and the Art of Rap'). For my proposed project, I will be expanding uponthese experiences in combination with the skills of literary and poetic analysis acquired during my BAhons English with Creative Writing (First) and MA Creative Writing (Distinction).