Tribhuvan University Journal, Vol 27, No 1-2 (2010)

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BEATS AND GINNSBERG

Badri Prasad Pokharel

Abstract


Every literary movement has a potential to influence the futuregeneration. In this context, the Beat Generation, a literary movement was startedshortly after the World War II by some ángry young men' or rebelliouspersonalities who were seeking another world for the adjustment away from theconfinements of the established norms and conventions. The post war period wasa time when many people from every nook and corner were in pursuit ofliberation in works, life style and other alternate forms of livelihood. 'Beat'writers, though they didn't follow the established patterns, were socially andculturally accepted by the then young generation either in the group of 'hippie',or in the hallucinogenic world. Engaging in norcotic intoxication, Immoral andunsocial activities like gay marriage, homosexuality etc., purposelesswanderings, practicing Eastern religious activities etc. sound, in a sense,completely non sense, but what can be perceived from those abovementionedactivities is that the young generation had been fed up with the established termsand conditions and was on the way of exploring new world. In short, the 'Beats'have shown a way to the aspired youth for an alternate source of creativity

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