TAILIEUCHUNG - Beats and ginnsberg

Every literary movement has a potential to influence the future generation. In this context, the Beat Generation, a literary movement was started shortly after the World War II by some ángry young men' or rebellious personalities who were seeking another world for the adjustment away from the confinements of the established norms and conventions. The post war period was a time when many people from every nook and corner were in pursuit of liberation in works, life style and other alternate forms of livelihood. 'Beat' writers, though they didn't follow the established patterns, were socially and culturally accepted by the then young generation either in the group of 'hippie', or in the hallucinogenic world. Engaging in norcotic intoxication, Immoral and unsocial activities like gay marriage, homosexuality etc., purposeless wanderings, practicing Eastern religious activities etc. sound, in a sense, completely non sense, but what can be perceived from those abovementioned activities is that the young generation had been fed up with the established terms and conditions and was on the way of exploring new world. In short, the 'Beats' have shown a way to the aspired youth for an alternate source of creativity. | BEATS AND GINNSBERG Badri Prasad Pokharel ABSTRACT Every literary movement has a potential to influence the future generation. In this context the Beat Generation a literary movement was started shortly after the World War II by some ángry young men or rebellious personalities who were seeking another world for the adjustment away from the confinements of the established norms and conventions. The post war period was a time when many people from every nook and corner were in pursuit of liberation in works life style and other alternate forms of livelihood. Beat writers though they didn t follow the established patterns were socially and culturally accepted by the then young generation either in the group of hippie or in the hallucinogenic world. Engaging in norcotic intoxication Immoral and unsocial activities like gay marriage homosexuality etc. purposeless wanderings practicing Eastern religious activities etc. sound in a sense completely non sense but what can be perceived from those abovementioned activities is that the young generation had been fed up with the established terms and conditions and was on the way of exploring new world. In short the Beats have shown a way to the aspired youth for an alternate source of creativity. INTRODUCTION In the late 1940s and early 50s the Beat Generation also known as the Beat Movement emerged with the works of some writers such as Allen Ginsberg Jack Kerouac and William Burroughs Herbert Huncke Gregory Corso. It was Jack Kerouac an acknowledged leader and spokesman of the Beat Generation who for the first time introduced the phrase Beat Generation in 1948 to characterize the underground and anti conformist youth gathering in New York. The adjective word beat was initially used for Herbert Huncke s association with the underground world originally meaning retired or beaten down . Later Kerouac expanded the meaning of beat along with the paradoxical connotation of úpbeat beatific ón the beat music Zalesky 2002 . The .

• Lịch sử - Văn hoá
• Beats and ginnsberg
• Alternate power of creativity
• Submissiveness to orientalism
• Fight for freedom
• Norcotic intoxication