Literary topoi in today’s music as a bridge to the classics Spanish authors

Abstract

This article presents a review of literary topoi in current music that come from classical Spanish authors and that, therefore, can be exploited didactically with the aim of bringing students closer to literature. The songs that young people listen to are a "powerful hook" with the literary tradition since they allow them to identify these topics and connect them with classic literary works. From a theoretical point of view, we begin by delving into the links between literature and music, we by addressing the concept of literary topic, and we conclude by connecting some current songs with classic literary works through some literary topics or catchwords. These approaches were subjected to classroom action research that was initiated in the framework of a doctoral dissertation and implemented in a Warsaw secondary school mainly during the 2013/2014 academic year. It was subsequently adapted for interactive use within an innovation project of the University of Zaragoza in the 2017/18 academic year and finally applied in an innovation project of the Government of Aragon with 3rd ESO students of the IES Ramón Pignatelli during the 2018/19 academic year. Finally, we analyzed the results of the practical applications, which showed an increase in both student motivation and understanding of literary content.