文档介绍：INHl Y2278737 Social Criticism inJack Kerouac,SWorksoctal riticis sW orKS by Chen Sheng Supervised by ProfessorJiangHongxin Submitted to Foreign StudiesCollege inPartialFulfillment oftheRequirements for theDegree of Doctor ofPhilosophy intheSubject of EnglishLanguage&Literature Hunan Normal University Changsha,China December,2012 Abstract JackKerouac(1 922—1969),American novelist and poet,leading figure andspokesman ofthe Beat Generation,writes andpublishes more isbest—known forhisnovelsOn theRoad(1957),The Dharma Bums(1958),TheSubterraneans(1958),and Desolation Angles (1965).The wild spontaneity ofhisprose shocks more polished writers, draws public attention to awidespread subterranean culture,and makes Kerouac acharismatic icon. This studyexplores thesocialcriticism inJackKerouac’s works by studying social context athistime,New Vision—the guidance of Kerouac’S literarypractice,hispersonal experiences andhissubversive writing style. Kerouac’s social es into being in the period of“latecapitalism,’’labeledbyconsumerism,conformism,Cold War and anxiety about thetensions between a prosperous economy and aspiritual bareness gives thebirth ofKerouac,s ,we should not neglect that Kerouac’s personal experiences help him withthedevelopment ofsocial French—Canadian working—class background determines hislifelong love and care forthemarginalized people;his first touch withJazzprovokes hisinterestinsubculture;the meeting withthe early Beatshelps him setup thegoal ofhisliterarypractice—...realizing New Visioninart;his roadlifewithNealCassady encourages him tofind IT—truth oflife;hisencountering withZenBuddhism partlychanges his world views. The dissertation views New Vision,a philosophical tendency, discussed by theearly Beatsaround 944,as theguidance oftheworld views andliterary practice Vision teaches Kerouac that artistheresult oflifeexperience e