Jack Kerouac´s on the road and its influences on the beat generatiom
Jack Kerouac was a well-known American writer who was famous for his spontaneous prose in all of his autobiographical works. In the first chapter, we refer about the most important characteristics about Jack Kerouac?s life. We illustrate Kerouac?s early years, his beginning in writing with his early...
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| Format: | Thesis Llibre |
| Idioma: | Spanish English |
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| Accés en línia: | http://nas.ucuenca.edu.ec/BibliotecaDigital/ebooks/tli283.pdf |
| Sumari: | Jack Kerouac was a well-known American writer who was famous for his spontaneous prose in all of his autobiographical works. In the first chapter, we refer about the most important characteristics about Jack Kerouac?s life. We illustrate Kerouac?s early years, his beginning in writing with his early works. Moreover, his mature life during his days from the university to the time he became a famous writer and the description of his death. In the second chapter, we show the origins and the analysis of On the Road. In which we introduce the characters and review the situations in which Jack and his friends where involved during each trip. We also take into account the changes this novel had before its publication and the opinions about it. Finally, the last two chapters contain important aspects. The third one tell us about the ?Beat Generation?, its origins, members, what they did, and the different elements that characterized them; for instance: literature, fashion, women, etc. Moreover, in the fourth chapter, we present their lifestyle, the different liberations that appeared because of them and the music which used to identify the Beats. |
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| Descripció de l’ítem: | Seudónimo Jack Kerouac |
| Descripció física: | CD ilu 18 cm |
| Bibliografia: | incl. ref. |