ENGL 306 - Special Topics: The Beats and Their Discontents

Institution:

Wesleyan University

Subject:

English

Description:

Without a doubt, three important, foundational works of the Beat movement threaten to stand in for all others. In this class we will do time with the better known "Howl" and "On the Road" and "Naked Lunch," but we will also invest in more contemporary memories and the continuing practices of those days of post-World War II America, when "a group of friends worked together on poetry, prose, and cultural consciousness" (Ginsberg). We will work likewise, in a variety of forms, assessing their moment and writing out our own.

Credits:

1.00

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Instructional Type:

Seminar

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Institution Website:

www.wesleyan.edu

Phone Number:

(860) 685-2000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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