As Dylan has appeared in a number of films my mind wandered to where films sat in respect to literature, something I had not considered before.
So I had a browse through the English Literature courses of a number of prominent universities and found that not only do some of them include specific papers on Film but also, heaven forbid, have papers that include the study of Song Lyrics as well (MIT is just one example and even mentions Dylan among others).
So there we have it, not only are song lyrics part of our literary heritage, films are too
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