Critical Discourse Analysis of Nepali Sad Songs

Abstract

The present study entitled Critical Discourse Analysis of Nepali Sad Songs was an effort to analyze the Nepali sad songs through feminist perspective. The research design for this study was critical discourse analysis. The data were collected through observation tool and checklist tool. Lazer's four key principles of feminist critical discourse analysis had been used in order to achieve the objective and reach at the findings and conclusion of this study. This study had included four Nepali songs 'Bola Maya', 'Narou Ama','Lau Cheli Sindur Lau' and 'Bhannu Navako'. These songs were selected as sample for the study by using non-random purposive sampling. This study shows how these songs reflect the current status of widow women in Nepal. Roles of females and males, discrimination faced by widows, public participation of widows and lifestyle/ dressup of widows are the themes of this study.From the analysis and interpretation of the data, it was found that the widow women have to face a lot of discriminations because the society is divided into two groups: men and women.The social rules are different for male and female. For example; the husband can again marry with other lady but the wife has to stay as widow for whole life. This research consists of five chapters. The first chapter deals with background information of study, statement of the problem, objectives of the study, research questions, significance of the study, delimitations of the study and operational definitions of the study. The second chapter deals with related theoretical literature review, empirical literature review, implication of the reviewed literature and conceptual framework. Moreover, the third chapter deals with methodological part of the study. It consists of research design, sample and sampling strategy, sources of data, data collection tool, data collection procedure and analysis and interpretation of the data. The fourth chapter deals with analysis and interpretation of data. The last chapter consists of the findings, conclusions and recommendation in this study.