Spolnost, droge in življenje na cesti v delih beatniške generacije

Marinšek, Kaja (avtor), Virk, Tomo (mentor)

Pričujoče magistrsko delo obravnava beatniško generacijo: njen nastanek, literarnozgodovinski kontekst in najpomembnejše predstavnike ter njihova dela – Jacka Kerouaca, Allena Ginsberga in Williama Burroughsa. Po analogiji s priljubljeno frazo »seks, droge in rokenrol« magistrsko delo podrobneje obravnava nekatere izmed najbolj prepoznavnih tem beatniške književnosti, in sicer spolnost, droge in življenje na cesti, kot se pojavljajo v »vrhuncih« beatniške literature – v Kerouacovem romanu Na cesti, Ginsbergovi pesnitvi Tuljenje in Burroughsovem Džankiju. Beatniška generacija je kot svojevrsten kulturni fenomen svojega časa – zlasti štiridesetih in petdesetih let 20. stoletja – močno zaznamovala tedanjo popularno kulturo, kasneje pa, bodisi posredno bodisi neposredno, močno vplivala tudi na porajajoča se mladinska gibanja. Čeprav si je, mdr. zlasti po zaslugi nagovarjanja mnogih, v tedanji javnosti še tabu tem (seksualnosti, uživanja opojnih substanc in spontanega pohajkovanja), v širši javnosti sprva prislužila pretežno negativen ugled, pa nikakor ne smemo spregledati njenega velikega prispevka k slogovni nadgradnji in tematski razširitvi ameriške (in svetovne) književnosti.

• Jezik: Slovenski jezik
• Ključne besede: beatniška generacija, Kerouac, Ginsberg, Burroughs
• Vrsta gradiva: Magistrsko delo/naloga
• Organizacija: FF - Filozofska fakulteta
• Leto izida: 2020
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-115926
• Datum objave v RUL: 29.04.2020

Sekundarni jezik

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Naslov: Sexuality, Drugs and Life on the Road in the Works of the Beat Generation

Izvleček

This master's thesis discusses the Beat Generation: its origin, its literary-historical context, and its most important representatives and their works – Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg and William Burroughs. Following the analogy with the popular phrase "sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll" the master's thesis treats some of the most well-known themes of beat literature, namely, sexuality, drugs, and life on the road, as they occur in the "highlights" of Beat literature – in Kerouac’s novel On the road, Ginsberg's poem Howl and in Burroughs's Junky. Beat Generation characterized as a unique cultural phenomenon of its time – especially the 40s and 50s of the 20th century – the popular culture at that time, but later, either directly or indirectly, influenced the burgeoning youth movements. Although it first deserved a rather negative reputation, especially on the basis of many, in the public at that time still taboo subjects (sexuality, taking drugs and spontaneous strolling), in a broader society, one cannot overlook their big contribution to the stylistic increase as well neglect thematic expansion of American (and worldwide) literature.

• Ključne besede: Beat generation, Kerouac, Ginsberg, Burroughs