The Beat Movement and Women’s Voices Week 17 Final Examination Review

The Beat Movement (p.185) Began in the mid 1950s Began in the mid 1950s The Beat Generation can be traced to Columbia University The Beat Generation can be traced to Columbia University Beat: N on-conformist, rebellious attitude toward conventional values concerning: Beat: N on-conformist, rebellious attitude toward conventional values concerning: Sex Sex Religion Religion American way of life American way of life

Responding to Society Resulting in: Resulting in: Depression Depression Exhaustion Exhaustion Need to live an unconventional, communal life. Need to live an unconventional, communal life.

Anti-Academic Rejected “careful” writings. Rejected “careful” writings. Too many words. Too many words. Expression of “raw emotion” Expression of “raw emotion” Looked down upon: Looked down upon: Memory and Memory and Translation Translation

Writers Allen Ginsberg ( ) Allen Ginsberg ( ) William Burroughs ( ) William Burroughs ( ) The Naked Lunch The Naked Lunch Jack Kerouac ( ) Jack Kerouac ( ) “Some people spend years writing about one month of their life; I spend a month of my life writing about years.” “Some people spend years writing about one month of their life; I spend a month of my life writing about years.”

William S. Burroughs

W. S. Burroughs

Changing America Through “Women’s Voices”

Toni Morrison Toni Morrison (born on February 18, 1931) Toni Morrison (born on February 18, 1931) Nobel Prize and Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, editor, and professor. Nobel Prize and Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, editor, and professor. Her novels are known for their richly detailed black characters. Her novels are known for their richly detailed black characters. The Bluest Eye The Bluest Eye Song of Solomon Song of Solomon and Beloved. and Beloved.

Margaret Garner was an enslaved African American woman in pre-Civil War America who was known for killing her own daughter instead of allowing the child to be returned to slavery. Margaret Garner was an enslaved African American woman in pre-Civil War America who was known for killing her own daughter instead of allowing the child to be returned to slavery.

Beloved Her family had escaped in January 1856 across the Ohio River to Cincinnati. Her family had escaped in January 1856 across the Ohio River to Cincinnati. They were captured by slave catchers. They were captured by slave catchers. Margaret Garner's lawyer wanted her tried for murder in Ohio, in order to get a trial in a free state and to challenge the Fugitive Slave Law as well.

Alice Malsenior Walker Born on February 9, Born on February 9, African American author and poet. African American author and poet. She has written at length on issues of race and gender. She has written at length on issues of race and gender.

The Color Purple Won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. A story of a girl who gives birth to her father's child. A story of a girl who gives birth to her father's child. – A story to make society aware of social problems involving Gender

Raising Awareness of Women around the World Domestic Violence Sexual Abuse Male-Dominated Society Results of Racial Inequality poverty

Review Lets look at the sheet…. Lets look at the sheet….