An Analysis of Anti-Cultural Features of Beat Generation on on the road.doc

An Analysis of Anti-Cultural Features of Beat Generation on ‘On the Road’中文摘要：二十世纪五六十年代是美国历史上动荡不安又非同寻常的历史时期，存在主义，特别是萨特的存在主义对这一时期美国知识分子和《在路上》所用的自发式写作方式产生了广泛而深远的影响在《哥伦比亚美国文学史》中， “垮掉派”被归类为“存在主义主人公” ，并且有提议说这些存在主人公“处于存在主义边缘的生活接近于真实的存在 ”《在路上》是美国作家杰克·凯鲁亚克的代表作，一直以来，它被看做是“垮掉的一代”生活的真实写照所谓“在路上” ，是一段没有起点，没有终点的旅程，是一个人在没有达到终极之前的一种暂时的栖居状态传统的评论家主要致力于对享乐主义、虚无主义、反抗主题的研究，表现在书中人物酗酒吸毒、崇尚性解放、高速驾车、迷恋爵士乐等行为然而，现代的评论家们开始将更多的注意力转移到主人公们对其存在本质的追求的主题上在本文中，重点讨论和分析了本书中“垮掉的一代”的文化特征关键词：《在路上》 ； 文化特征；垮掉的一代Abstract: Taking into consideration of the social background of America in 1950s, the impact of existentialism, especially Sartrean existentialism, on American intellectuals and the spontaneous writing style of On The Road, is very prevalent. The Columbia History of American Novel labels the Beats as “existential heroes” and remarks that their “life on the existential edge approached the degree of authenticity.”On The Road, hailed as the portraiture of the Beat Generation (BG, or Beats), is a masterpiece by an American writer — Jack Kerouac. “On the road” refers to a journey without starting and terminal points; it is a suspending condition before arriving at destination. Traditional criticism of On The Road shows more interest in the themes of hedonism, nihilism, rebellion, in which, car-driving, jazz-craze, love-making and drug addiction are the major concerns. However, recent criticism begins to turn some attention to the protagonists’quest for their existential essence. In this paper, it focused on the discussion and analysis "the beat generation" cultural characteristics of the book.Keyword: On the Road; Anti-Cultural Feature; Beat Generation1 Introduction 1.1The counterculture1.1.1 the definition of the countercultureThe Counterculture Movement occurred in the United States of America society mainly refers to the mainstream culture, the values of the rebellion and the protest movement nineteen sixties. Because the main body is young, also called the "youth culture" or "youth made reactionary". At the same time, it also had the civil rights movement, black American domestic student movement, the women's Liberation Movement intertwined, constitute a huge wave of American society, American history as the last very's.Usually, the Counterculture Movement can be divided into: Student rebellion of "New Left"; to "hippie" culture as the representative of the cultural rebel movement. Its content is rich and complex. Also, it includes social village, Jazz and roll, sexual liberation, long hair, the mysterious religiousActivities, they all take on the traditional culture does not compromise doctrine, the opposite, and are united by a common rebellious impulses. Therefore, comprehensive negation, comprehensive, comprehensive, all-round rebellion against the hope is the 60's counterculture portrayal and faith.1.1.2 the background of countercultureOffset changes the United States rapid economic development and economic structure, class structure after the war led to changes in the value of ethics.It unlike most of the counterculture movement, unlike most of the Counterculture Movement, instead of products, it is not poverty and economic crisis, a state of abundance of 60's the United States of America society is in economic prosperity: "World War II", in the new technology revolution, the area of investment to expand the production scale, expansion, increased employment opportunities, living standards for the majority of people are quite improved, productivity levels in the advanced world status. However, due to the development of science and technology and the social division of labor more quickly and more detailed, decline in the proportion of production department, more and more people turned to the white-collar workers and service industries, and expanded the middle class. This change of occupation structure of the social status of most white-collar, engaged in the service industry's decline, which makes the the representative of the cultural rebel movement. Its content is rich and complex, including social village, Jazz and roll, sexual liberation, long hair, the mysterious religious.The United States economy has undergone significant changes: "from a personal business to the joint stock corporation, the management replaced free competition, poor to rich consumer savings". These changes make the United States the traditional "Protestant Ethic" gradually decline, work hard and perseveringly, ascetic - Kejian rich become consumption, enjoyment, economy and science and technology make a spurt of progress seems to be creating a no physical world, life attitude, target, happy people's ideas are changing, to pay attention to their spiritual world. However, automation, computerization, system of modern science and technology industry dominant position, leading to the "reification", this is the technology development brings "see the spiritual predicament of things not people". Especially the younger generation born after the war, the U。