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THE BEAT GENERATION

THE BEAT GENERATION. What is Beat?. Counterculture, rebellion Literary, social traditions Post-WWII: lost faith Self -exploration Present—no past, no future Created: novels, poems, art Buddhism, meditation. What is not Beat?. Being a square Following social norms Planning ahead

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THE BEAT GENERATION

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  1. THE BEAT GENERATION

  2. What is Beat? • Counterculture, rebellion • Literary, social traditions • Post-WWII: lost faith • Self-exploration • Present—no past, no future • Created: novels, poems, art • Buddhism, meditation

  3. What is not Beat? • Being a square • Following social norms • Planning ahead • Writing conventional poetry, prose • Supporting current organized authority

  4. Who is Beat? (Beatnik) • Jack Kerouac • 1922-1969 • Coined the phrase “Beat” • Columbia University in the 1940s (Allen Ginsberg, Neal Cassady, William S. Burroughs) • Novel: On the Road 1957, partially autobiographical • Allen Ginsberg • 1926-1997 • Poem: Howl • Published by Ferlinghetti: City Lights Bookstore, San Francisco, CA • obscenity trial 1957: ruled not obscene Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Diane DiPrima, Bob Kaufman, Carl Solomon, and many more

  5. Are you Beat? • You have several Beat poems in front of you. • You will read one. • Identify main ideas expressed • Report to the class the evidence of your poem being Beat. Bob Donlin, Neal Cassady, Allen Ginsberg, Robert LaVigne, and Lawrence Ferlinghetti stand outside Ferlinghetti's City Lights Bookstore in San Francisco.

  6. What did you find? • Gregory Corso • I am 25 • Jack Kerouac • In Vain • Lawrence Ferlinghetti • The World Is a Beautiful Place • Poetry as Insurgent Art [I am signaling you through the flames] • Diane diPrima • Revolutionary Letter #57

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