튀니지 재스민 혁명에서의 저항 노래에 관한 연구

In this study, I have tried to analyze the two protest songs sung by Tunisian rapper El Général during the Tunisian Jasmine Revolution. Since the protest songs have influenced Arab Spring in 2011, I decided to write this article to find out the reasons why the music of protest songs could help the protesters being united and rallied out for the demonstrations on the street. For this, I have examined the themes and linguistic aspects of the two protest songs, namely ‘Rais il blad(President of the nation)’ and ‘Tounes Bladna(Tunisia our country)’. Among the themes are Ben Ali and his regime, corruption, poverty, police, social problems. It was interesting to note that the three topics such as Allah, al-Watan, al-Malik that have always been considered to be taboo for Arab society were used as the themes in the protest songs. From the linguistic perspective, I have noticed the use of rhetorical question, the oratorical style of speech, repetition in the protest songs. In addition, the rap was written in Tunisian dialect while no swear words were used except the specific expression referring to dogs. In conclusion, songs of this genre are to be more thoroughly analyzed in the future, extending the scope of study beyond Tunisia to Egypt and other Arab countries.