{"id":748,"date":"2020-02-24T04:07:11","date_gmt":"2020-02-24T04:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/russian-2240-spring-2020\/?p=748"},"modified":"2020-02-24T04:07:11","modified_gmt":"2020-02-24T04:07:11","slug":"sound-and-music-in-russian-folk-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/russian-2240-spring-2020\/ewallace\/sound-and-music-in-russian-folk-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"Sound and Music in Russian Folk Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I will analyze the use of sound elements within Pushkin\u2019s \u201cRusland and Ludmila\u201d and the folk songs. Firstly, Pushkin includes many details relating to sound in his text. During the celebratory moments of the text, before the wedding, descriptive words such as the \u201ccheer of spirit,\u201d \u201chum and hubub,\u201d and \u201ctuneful singing\u201d to convey joy (131). Sound descriptors are also used to indicate a change in the tale\u2019s tone as the story transitions to the peaceful and harmonious atmosphere of Rusland and Ludmila\u2019s bedroom using words such as \u201chush,\u201d \u201clovelorn whispers,\u201d and \u201csounds of kisses\u201d (133). Finally, sound is used to convey negative emotions and tumult during the story. Silence is used to convey fear when Ludmila disappears, loud noises (\u201cclash\u201d and \u201cthudding\u201d) are used to convey conflict when Ruslan goes into battle, and ominous sounds such as \u201cchurchyard tones\u201d and \u201cslow soliloquy\u201d to convey a tone of mourning. These descriptors allow the tale\u2019s plot and progression to be illustrated.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To further analyze the use of sound in Russian folk culture, the Russian folk songs also convey a similar variety of moods and tones. The peacefulness and tranquility evocative of nature is expressed in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Slender Mountain Ash, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">which contrasts the light hearted and happy tone of the Forest Berry and the somber and beautiful <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Black Raven. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It is interesting how auditory elements manage to illustrate stories in a different way than the explicit use of visual elements. Auditory elements rely more heavily on evoking certain tones to create a story while visual elements can more explicitly show the audience the storyline.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The incorporation of sound into a textual work is an interesting use of detail to convey the tone of the story. Just as we have seen in many of the operas we have previously examined, music and sound is heavily utilized to set a mood and convey emotion. In the absence of auditory elements in these ancient texts, Pushkin uses descriptive elements to incorporate sound to accomplish a similar task. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I will analyze the use of sound elements within Pushkin\u2019s \u201cRusland and Ludmila\u201d and the folk songs. Firstly, Pushkin includes many details relating to sound in his text. 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