The-Lost--Beat-Generation对比.pptVIP

The Lost Beat Generation Gertrude Stein Ernest Miller Hemingway Period The Lost Generation during?World War I 1883-1924 The Beat Generation in the post-World War II era 1948-1962 The Origins The Lost Generation The “Lost Generation” was the generation that came of age during?World War I. The term was popularized by?Ernest Hemingway who used it as one of two contrasting epigraphs(铭文) for his novel,?The Sun Also Rises(《太阳照常升起》).?In that volume Hemingway credits the phrase to?Gertrude Stein, who was then his mentor(导师) and patron(赞助人).? The Beat Generation The?Beat Generation?was a group of authors whose literature explored and influenced American culture in the post-World War II era. The bulk of their work was published and popularized throughout the 1950s. “Beat” means rejection of standard narrative values, the spiritual quest, exploration of American and Eastern religions, rejection of materialism, explicit portrayals of the human condition, experimentation with psychedelic drugs(迷幻药), and sexual liberation and exploration. The Cords The “Lost” Lost?means not?vanished?but?disoriented,?wandering,?directionless?— a recognition that there was great confusion and aimlessness among the wars survivors in the early post-war years. The “Beat” rejection of standard narrative values, the spiritual quest, exploration of American and Eastern religions, rejection of materialism, explicit portrayals of the human condition, experimentation with psychedelic drugs, and sexual liberation and exploration. Representation in Behavior The Lost Generation Many of these intellectuals lived abroad, especially in Paris, as expatriates(侨民), but most of them later returned to America voluntarily. The Beat Generation Many Beat generation had worked in and around San Francisco., living an un conventional spontaneous(自然地) way of life. During the 1960s, the “Beats” ideas and attitudes were absorbed by other culture movements, and those who practice the “beat” life style were called hippies.