COD 2026 - D1298

Webinar - Counterculture, Voice and Identity: Reading Bob Dylan through Literary Movements

Language and Literature teachers seeking to analyse popular music through literary theory and to connect canonical literary movements with contemporary and modern cultural texts

1 sessions, start: 27-Jun

Please enrol before Wednesday, June 24th 2026

Course detail

Year: 2026
Level: Distance
Language: English
Status: Announced
Lugar: Distance
Facilitator/s: Ms. María Florencia Borrello MA
Print course
ESSARP Schools
Free of charge
Exams Schools
ARS 60000.00
Non affiliate
ARS 60000.00

Sessions

Sessions Dates Start Finish
1 27 June 2026 10:00 am 11:30 am

Facilitator/s

María Florencia Borrello

María Florencia Borrello holds an MLitt/MA in Communication, Cultural Studies, Comparative Literature and Foreign Languages from the Universities of Santiago de Compostela (Spain), Saint Andrews (Scotland), and Bergamo (Italy). She is also a graduate English teacher from the I.E.S.L.V. “Juan Ramón Fernández”, and holds a postgraduate diploma in English Literature and Linguistics from the Universidad Nacional del Litoral (Ciclo de Licenciatura en Inglés). She has extensive experience as an EFL and ESP teacher at the University of Buenos Aires, School of Engineering, as an in-company trainer and as a workshop facilitator for professional development. She has also taught at both private and state schools, at various language institutes and has worked as a Spanish Teaching Assistant and Cultural Ambassador at Hiram College (USA). She has further specialized in Literature at the I.E.S.L.V. “Juan Ramón Fernández” and her main research interests lie in the fields of Postmodern Alter(ed)native Texts, Derridian Deconstruction and the Digital Humanities.
Language and Literature teachers seeking to analyse popular music through literary theory and to connect canonical literary movements with contemporary and modern cultural texts
This course aims to examine Bob Dylan’s work through the lens of literary movements such as the Beat Generation, Modernism and American folk traditions. Participants will analyse how Dylan constructs voice, identity and social critique in his lyrics, and how these elements resonate with broader literary and cultural discourses. The course encourages teachers to rethink the literary canon by including song lyrics as texts that articulate resistance, subjectivity and historical consciousness.
• The Beat Generation and American counterculture: literature as protest and self-expression.
• Modernist fragmentation, symbolism and ambiguity in Dylan’s lyrics.
• The speaking voice: persona, mask and authorship in poetry and song.
• Intersections between folk tradition, oral storytelling and written literature.
• Cultural and historical contexts shaping Dylan’s songwriting.
Workshop presentation combined with group textual analysis. Comparative reading of song lyrics and literary excerpts. Small-group discussion to explore interpretative possibilities and classroom applications. Collaborative reflection on how literary theory can illuminate popular music and vice versa.
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