[ Communication musicale, communication sociale et patriotisme en Côte d’Ivoire: Contribution à la compréhension de l’Ode à la patrie ]
Volume 60, Issue 2, May 2022, Pages 92–105
Albert Atchory Djedjess1 and Benoît Oi Kouakou Kouakou2
1 Département des Arts, UFRICA, Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
2 Département des Sciences de l'Information et de la Communication, UFRICA, Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
Original language: French
Copyright © 2022 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
This study examines the musical communication of the Ode to the Fatherland. Positioning itself at the level of musicology and social communication, it analyzes the content of that song, that is to say, the constituent elements of its melody, rhythm, harmony and lyrics in order to reveal its deep meaning, and thus to understand what it is deals with, to who it is addressed and for what it is about. The results of the various musical and textual analyses reveal how the Ode to the Fatherland, while it presents itself as a musical communication, is also a social communication. If the former lets hear the sadness and the determination of the Ivorian Man, in a full conscience of the pluralities of opinions and ideas, the latter calls for the qualitative change by inviting to opt courageously for the overcoming in order to go forward. In a congruence of the melody and the words, the Ode appears thus as a true awakener of national patriotic conscience: it speaks of the society to the society to provoke a sacred union able to create the agreement between the daughters and sons of the nation and to put back the country on its feet.
Author Keywords: Social communication, music, musicology, nation, ode to the fatherland, patriot.
Volume 60, Issue 2, May 2022, Pages 92–105
Albert Atchory Djedjess1 and Benoît Oi Kouakou Kouakou2
1 Département des Arts, UFRICA, Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
2 Département des Sciences de l'Information et de la Communication, UFRICA, Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
Original language: French
Copyright © 2022 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
This study examines the musical communication of the Ode to the Fatherland. Positioning itself at the level of musicology and social communication, it analyzes the content of that song, that is to say, the constituent elements of its melody, rhythm, harmony and lyrics in order to reveal its deep meaning, and thus to understand what it is deals with, to who it is addressed and for what it is about. The results of the various musical and textual analyses reveal how the Ode to the Fatherland, while it presents itself as a musical communication, is also a social communication. If the former lets hear the sadness and the determination of the Ivorian Man, in a full conscience of the pluralities of opinions and ideas, the latter calls for the qualitative change by inviting to opt courageously for the overcoming in order to go forward. In a congruence of the melody and the words, the Ode appears thus as a true awakener of national patriotic conscience: it speaks of the society to the society to provoke a sacred union able to create the agreement between the daughters and sons of the nation and to put back the country on its feet.
Author Keywords: Social communication, music, musicology, nation, ode to the fatherland, patriot.
Abstract: (french)
La présente étude examine la communication musicale de l’Ode à la patrie. Se positionnant au niveau de la musicologie et de la communication sociale, elle analyse le contenu de cette chanson, c’est-à-dire les éléments constitutifs de sa mélodie, son rythme, son harmonie et ses paroles en vue de faire apparaître sa signification profonde, donc de comprendre de quoi elle parle, à qui elle parle et pour quoi elle parle. Les résultats des différentes analyses musicales et textuelles révèlent comment l’Ode à la patrie, en même temps qu’elle se présente comme une communication musicale, est aussi une communication sociale. Si la communication musicale laisse entendre la tristesse et la détermination de l’Homme ivoirien, dans une pleine conscience des pluralités d’opinions et d’idées, la communication sociale appelle au changement qualitatif en invitant à opter courageusement pour le dépassement en vue d’aller de l’avant. Dans une congruence de la mélodie et des paroles, l’Ode apparaît ainsi comme un véritable éveilleur de conscience patriotique nationale: elle parle de la société à la société pour provoquer une union sacrée à même de créer l’entente entre les filles et fils de la nation et remettre le pays sur pied.
Author Keywords: Communication sociale, musique, musicologie, nation, ode à la patrie, patriote.
How to Cite this Article
Albert Atchory Djedjess and Benoît Oi Kouakou Kouakou, “Musical communication, social communication and patriotism in Côte d'Ivoire: A contribution to the understanding of the Ode to the Fatherland,” International Journal of Innovation and Scientific Research, vol. 60, no. 2, pp. 92–105, May 2022.
