Stylistscs of 'Imagine Dragons' pop rock band's discourse: a multimodal perspective

Abstract

The aim of the paper is to determine multimodal features of Imagine Dragons` pop rock band`s discourse. The aim is interconnected with the following tasks to resolve: ✓ to define the notion of multimodality for the research of musical discourse; ✓ to discover opportunities and challenges of multimodal analysis; ✓ to reveal the structure and elements of musical discourse; ✓ to outline music videos as fragments of musical discourse; ✓ to analyze music and lyrics in Imagine Dragons' musical discourse; ✓ to examine visual elements in Imagine Dragons' musical discourse; ✓ to elaborate on music structure and interaction of modes in “Believer” (2017); ✓ to outline apocalyptic motives and allegory in the music video “Radioactive” (2012); ✓ to determine visual symbolism in “Shots” (2015); ✓ to identify pictorial and conceptual metaphors in “I bet my life” (2014); ✓ to infer hidden movies in “On top of the world” (2013).