Unit-10-The-Sad-Young-Man

Unit10TheSadYoungManEzraPoundErnestHemingwayGertrudeSteinQuestionsforconsideration1.Haveyoueverbeensadontheroadofgrowingmature?Whenbeingsad,isthereanychangeonyourattitudetowardstheworld?Whenbeingsad,whatstrategieswillyoutaketosootheyourself?2.WhoistheSadYoungMan?TheSunAlsoRises=.htmlHistoryasconventionallyconceived,wasbutan“oldchronologyofselfishnessandpride.”Oncefactsareapprehendedassymbolsratherthancauses,manrealizeshimselfasthemakerratherthantheeffectofhiscircumstances.“Allhistory,”Emersonsaysin“History,”“becomessubjective;inotherwordsthereisproperlynohistory,onlybiography.”Asaresult,hisideasmoveinanatmosphereinwhichPlatoandNapoleon,MontaigneandThoreau,PlotinusandShakespearesharethesameimmediacy.Theyappeartobeourcontemporariesbecausetheirwritingsarenotformsbutfluxes,arenotthoughtsbutmenthinking.Wheneverthatflowfailstoreachusandwefeelthatweareconfrontedwithwordsratherthanthepowerofmenspeaking,wemustrejectthewordsregardlessoftheeminenceoftheirsource.------fromIntroductionofRalphWaldoEmersonSelectedEssaysTheGreatMantheoryofhistoryisusuallyattributedtotheScottishphilosopherThomasCarlyle,whowrotethatthehistoryoftheworldisbutthebiographyofgreatmen.Hebelievedthatitisthefew,thepowerfulandthefamouswhoshapeourcollectivedestinyasaspecies.-------fromTime’sPersonoftheYear2006AComparativeStudyoftheLostGenerationandtheBeatGenerationPeriod:LostgenerationBeatGeneration1883—19241948--1962OriginofthenamesLostGenerationoriginallyaddressedbyGertrudeStein[1]andwasthenpopularizedbyErnestHemingwayintheepigraphtohisnovelTheSunAlsoRises,andhismemoirAMoveableFeastBeatGeneration:PickingupthewordbeatfromtheirfriendHerbertHuncke,theoriginalbeatwriters,WilliamBurroughs,AllenGinsberg,andJackKerouac,usedittodescribetheirfree-form,improvisationalstyleofwritingandtheirunconventional,spontaneouswayoflife.TraitsLostGenerationDisillusionedintellectualsandaesthetesoftheyearsfollowingtheFirstWorldWar,whorebelledagainstformeridealsandvalues,butcouldreplacethemonlybydespairoracynicalhedonism;BeatGenerationEssentiallyanarchic,membersofthebeatgenerationrejectedtraditionalsocialandartisticforms.TheysoughtimmediateexpressioninmultipleintenseexperiencesandbeatificilluminationlikethatofsomeEasternreligions.RepresentationinbehaviorLostGenerationManyoftheseintellectualslivedabroad,especiallyinParis,asexpatriates,butmostofthemlaterreturnedtotheUnitedStatesvoluntarily.BeatGenerationManyofthebeatgenerationhadworkedinandaroundSanFrancisco,livinganunconventionalandspontaneouswayoflife.Duringthe1960s“beat”ideasandattitudeswereabsorbedbyotherculturalmovements,andthosewhopracticedthe“beat”lifestylewerecalled“hippies”.Writingstyle:LostGenerationTheLostGenerationwritersfeltthatAmericawasnotsuchasuccessstorybecausethecountrywasdevoidofacosmopolitanculture.TheirsolutiontothisissuewastopackuptheirbagsandtraveltoEurope.Heretheyexpectedtofindliteraryfreedomandacosmopolitanwayoflife.Acosmopolitancultureisonewhichincludesandvaluesavarietyofbackgroundsandcultures.Inthe1920'stheWhiteAngloSaxonProtestantworkethicwastheonlyculturethatwasconsideredvaluedbythemajorityofAmericans.ItwasbecauseofethicssuchasthiswhichmadethecosmopolitancultureofParissoalluring.AmericanLiteraturewentthroughaprofoundchangeinthepostWWIera.Upuntilthispoint,AmericanwriterswerestillexpectedtousetherigidVictorianstylesofthe19thCentury.Thelostgenerationwriterswereabove,orapartfrom,Americansociety,notonlyingeographicterms,butalsointheirstyleofwritingandsubjectstheychosetowriteabout.AlthoughtheywereunhappywithAmericanculture,thewriterswereinstrumentalinchangingtheircountry'sstyleofwriting,fromVictoriantomodern.BeatGenerationAttheSixGalleryinSanFranciscoon7October1955GinsberggavethefirstpublicreadingofHowl,apoemcharacteristicallyfullofvividimagery,confessionalcandor,andunbridledself-expressionthatauthoritiessubsequentlylabeledvulgar.Ferlinghetti,thedirectorofSanFrancisco'sCityLightsBooks,wasintheaudience,andheofferedtopublishGinsberg'swork.TheresultingHowlandOtherPoems(1956)gaverisetoacensorshiptrialthatbroughtthebeatsintothepubliceyeforthefirsttimeandcastthemasliteraryrebelspreparedtotestthelimitsofcensorshipandsocialconvention.Themostfamousbeatnovel,Kerouac'sOntheRoad,waswrittenin1951butwasnotpublisheduntil1957.BasedonhisadventureswithNealCassadyinthelate1940s,thebookreportedlyencouragedcountlessotherstoseekpersonalfulfillmentthroughthepursuitofanexistentiallifestyle.ThesuccessofOntheRoadthrustKerouacintothespotlight,wherehewasacclaimedtheavatarofthebeatgeneration.Unpreparedforfameandill-equippedtodealwiththecriticalbacklashthatfollowed,Kerouacwithdrewfromthemediaglare,droppedhisbeatfriends,anddistancedhimselffromtheactionsandidealsofthosewhoclaimedhimasaninspiration.WhenGinsbergbecameanimportantplayerintheactivismofthe1960s,Kerouacdenouncedhisformerfriendasanti-American.Themostfamousbeatnovel,Kerouac'sOntheRoad,waswrittenin1951butwasnotpublisheduntil1957.BasedonhisadventureswithNealCassadyinthelate1940s,thebookreportedlyenco