1. |
Acts
of naming Beat poetics Kerouac: On the Road |
Labels
and etymologies Spontaneous prose? Madness and culture heroes |
VPLBR,
pp. xv-xxxvi: Introduction VPLBR, pp. 615-622: The Game of the Name VPLBR, pp. 57-59: Poetics of Kerouac VPLBR, pp. 10-43: On the Road, Pt. 1, ch. 1; Pt. 3, ch. 9-11; Pt. 4, ch.6 |
2. 14/2 |
Allen
Ginsberg:
Howl, etc. |
Madness,
sexuality, politics and influences |
VPLBR,
pp. 62-77: Howl a. o. poems VPLBR, pp. 544-548: Wichita Vortex Sutra |
3. 21/2 |
William
Burroughs:
Junkie & The Naked Lunch |
Drugs,
sexuality, power and experimental
literature |
VPLBR,
pp. 104-116: Junkie VPLBR, pp. 126-144: The Naked Lunch |
4. 28/2 |
Gary
Snyder:
Rip Rap, etc. Kerouac: Dharma Bums |
Buddhism,
nature
and mind |
VPLBR,
pp. 289-306: Poems etc. VPLBR, pp. 569-580: Poems etc. VPLBR, pp. 47-53: Dharma Bums VPLBR, pp. 607-614: Alan Watts on Zen |
5. 6/3 |
'Minority'
Beats: Diane Di Prima; Carolyn Cassidy; Joyce Johnson; Amiri Baraka |
Gender
and race issues in Beat texts |
VPLBR,
pp. 360-370: Di Prima poems
VPLBR,
pp. 449- 488: Various memoirs
VPLBR,
pp. 582-606: Norman Mailer's White Negro
|
6. 13/3 |
Beat
aftermaths |
Legacies
of the Beats: Internet communities, film, music, drama etc. |
No reading - only
browsing and viewing Mail me Beat Generation references or resources for this session... |