AS 060.130 - The Beat Generation

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Johns Hopkins University

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Description:

This intersession course will focus on three of the Beat Generation’s representative texts: Allen Ginsberg’s “Howl” (1956), Jack Kerouac’s "On the Road" (1957), and William Burrough’s "Naked Lunch" (1959). Alongside these fictional works we will read short essays by Kerouac and Burroughs on “spontaneous prose”, selections from Ginsberg’s journals, and some of the letters that Ginsberg and Kerouac wrote to each other in the late 50's. There will be three short reader-response papers (1-2 pages) due at the start of each week and a five-page paper that will be submitted at the end of the course.

Credits:

1.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.jhu.edu

Phone Number:

(410) 516-8000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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