Guardian Live Music Review

Question 1

PAF

Answer 1

purpose- To give coverage of the world tour of a highly influential and successful
To display the fact that p this coverage deserves a place in the Guardian
To unpack and subtly critique the performance and the messages within it
Audience- Readers of the Guardian disgusted by the Placement of this article in the Guardian
Of a higher class highly educated not expecting to find reviews of pop tours in the Guardian
Format- review following conventions except highly formal and demanding in vocab

Question 2

Lexis

Answer 2

Neologism- “poptimism” Emphasises the importance of the couple able to create new words as otherwise would be unexplainable
Semantic field of painful endurance “rage” “trauma” “betrayal”- highly strong adjectives Highlighting the couples performative ability to communicate their emotions on stage
Hyperbole of trauma staying together despite this strong emotion. Juxtaposition within syntax between trauma and cashing in progressive verb cashing in Implies an ongoing nature of moneymaking despite the trauma this juxtaposition may be darkly ironic as as as a result of the trauma they are making money currently and presently Phrasal verb cashing in

Adjectives relating to size “collosal” “biggest”
Comparative “biggest” attempt to justify place in guardian comparing to those that perhaps would be accepted
Colloidal screen- emphasises amount of money put into performance significant and successful



Question 3

Perspective

Answer 3

Authorial voice highly formal
In awe of Beyoncé as a female performer
“This is a woman who matches her increasingly sophisticated and trailblazing material with a once on a generation charisma” - high praise of her as a person and as an artist high order lexis- working hard to justify place in guardian “Her”use of personal pronoun gives ownership of the material to her deserved credit “once in a generation” also serves purpose of justifying place in guardian

Slightly subtly critical “can come off as slightly one dimensional” tentative language “slightly” and “can” non declarative still highly values the performance

Question 4

Sentence structure

Answer 4

Highly dominated by complex sentences- typical syntax for a guardian quality article perhaps not so conventional for review
Relies highly on embedded clauses to fill in information for older audience- an awareness that they would not be aware of this world
“While Beyoncé’s recent shows have been characterised by identity and politics - her coach Ella performance celebrated black college culture; her Super Bowl played tribute to the black panthers - that’s not the MO here” embedded clauses contain relevant context