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First published

Brno : Filozofická fakulta, Masarykova univerzita, 2018

200 stran ; 23 cm

ISBN 978-80-210-9048-4 (brožováno)

ISBN 978-80-210-9049-1 (e-kniha ; pdf)

Opera Facultatis philosophicae Universitatis Masarykianae = Spisy Filozofické fakulty Masarykovy univerzity, ISSN 1211-3034 ; 482

Obsahuje bibliografii na stranách 184-197, bibliografické odkazy a rejstřík

The book compares the reception of the Beat Generation authors in the United States and the Czech lands in two different time periods: in the 1950s and 1960s of the 20th century and then from 1990s until today. While the works of the Beat Generation authors remained the same, the contexts of the Beat publications could not have been more different: American critics frequently reduced the works of the Beats to a juvenile promotion of sex, drugs, and even violence; for Czechoslovak readers, the works of the Beats sharply contrasted with the official literature which followed the doctrine of socialist realism. Therefore, this study comments on how different contexts shape the readers’ approaches to a literary text and their author, which then in turn help transform said text into a different work of art..

Anglické a německé resumé

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1 INTRODUCTION TO THE BEAT GENERATION 9 // 1.1 The Beat Generation: The Artists and the Term 12 // 1.2 The Beat Generation as an Attitude 14 // 1.3 Controversies and Criticism 17 // 1.4 Understanding the Beat Generation 18 // 2 THEORETICAL BACKGROUND 24 // 2.1 Theoretical Concepts - Basis of Inquiry 26 // 2.2 Definition of Approach 33 // 3 THE UNITED STATES OF THE FIFTIES AND THE SIXTIES: AN INTRODUCTION 36 // 3.1 The Era of Conformity 36 // 3.2 The Other America 41 // 3.3 The Monopoly Crumbles 43 // 4 THE RECEPTION IN THE UNITED STATES: THE FIFTIES AND THE SIXTIES 48 // 4.1 The Beat Generation as a Subculture in the Public Image 52 // 4.2 The Beat Generation as Enabling Social Commentary 59 // 4.3 The Depravity of William S. Burroughs 64 // 4.4 The Criticism of Academia 68 // 4.5 The Changing Landscape of American Poetry 79 // 5 THE RECEPTION IN THE UNITED STATES: CURRENT RECEPTION 83 // 5.1 Popular Culture and the Mythology of the Beats 85 // 5.2 Obituaries 89 // 5.3 The Beat Generation and Contemporary Academia 92 // 5.4 Critiquing the Beats 100 // 6 CZECHOSLOVAKIA OF THE FIFTIES AND SIXTIES: AN INTRODUCTION 103 // 6.1 Art and Socialist Realism 104 // 6.2 Changing the Tide 110 // 6.3 The Beat Generation and Communist Czechoslovakia 113 // 6.4 The Normalized Czechoslovakia 116 // 7 THE RECEPTION IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA 119 // 7.1 Placating the Censors - The Early Critiques of Jan Zábrana and Igor Hájek 120 // 7.2 Abandoning Socialist Realism 130 // 7.3 Newspaper Treatment of Ginsberg’s Visit 135 // 7.4 The Impact of the Beat Generation 139 // 8 THE RECEPTION IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC 143 // 8.1 General Reception of the Beat Generation 144 // 8.2 Introductions, Afterwords, Book Covers 148 // 8.3 Ferlinghetti in Prague 152 // 8.4 The Beats and the Underground 154 // 8.5 Critical Reception 158 // 9 THE RECEPTION OF THE BEAT GENERATION: A DISCUSSION 175 // Summary 178 // Bibliography 184 // Index 198

(OCoLC)1096290829

cnb003036616