James Joyce’s Minnesotians Dubliners’ Themes and Techniques Reappearing in American Rap

Abstract

This study endeavors to understand thematic and stylistic elements of rap lyrics by Slug of Atmosphere as resembling thematic and stylistic elements of James Joyce’s Dubliners. Although limited in scope and depth, the analysis presents clear similarities between various stories and two of Atmosphere’s songs, i.e. “The Waitress” and “Not Another Day.”