A Socio-Cultural Analysis on the Select Songs of Aristotle "Gloc-9" Pollisco

Abstract

This paper aimed to find out Aristotle "Gloc-9" Pollisco's style of composing his selected songs: "Upuan", "Magda", and "Sirena" using the Formalistic and Mimetic Theory. Specifically. it investigates the figurative languages used, the common distinctive features of the songs, and the societal issues depicted in the rap songs. Moreover, the study used a three-phase descriptive qualitative research focused on a critical discourse analysis of the lyrics of the selected songs of Aristotle Pollisco, Formalistic analysis focuses on the features of figurative languages and the common distinguishing features of the selected songs. Discussions on societal issues are within the breadth of mimesis.The data that are used for analysis are Aristotle "Gloc-9" Pollisco's three songs: "Upuan", "Magda", and "Sirena" that can be found in any internet sources. The affective commentaries and reviews in personal blogs from the people who gave their own interpretation of the meaning of the lyrics of the songs are also used as a point of comparative analysis since there are no formal literary critiques existing on the said songs. The study found that the figurative languages used in the three songs are simile, metaphor, hyperbole, metonymy, oxymoron, allusion, synecdoche, paradox and personification Moreover, the study found that the social issues depicted in the songs of Gloc-9 are corruption and poverty in the song "Upuan"; prostitution and poverty in the song "Magda"; and gender discrimination and homosexuality in the song "Sirena".