ZITA, Antonín. How We Understand the Beats. The Reception of the Beat Generation in the United States and the Czech Lands. 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita. Spisy Filozofické fakulty Masarykovy univerzity, č. 482. ISBN 978-80-210-9048-4. 2018.
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Original name How We Understand the Beats. The Reception of the Beat Generation in the United States and the Czech Lands
Name in Czech Jak rozumíme beatníkům. Recepce Beat Generation ve Spojených státech a v Česku
Name (in English) How We Understand the Beats. The Reception of the Beat Generation in the United States and the Czech Lands
Authors ZITA, Antonín.
Edition 1. vyd. Brno, Spisy Filozofické fakulty Masarykovy univerzity, č. 482, 2018.
Publisher Masarykova univerzita
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Original language Czech
Type of outcome Book on a specialized topic
Country of publisher Czech Republic
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
Publication form printed version "print"
ISBN 978-80-210-9048-4
Tags Munipress
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Abstract
The book compares the reception of the Beat Generation authors in the United States and the Czech lands in two different time periods: in the 1950s and 1960s of the 20th century and then from 1990s until today. While the works of the Beat Generation authors remained the same, the contexts of the Beat publications could not have been more different: American critics frequently reduced the works of the Beats to a juvenile promotion of sex, drugs, and even violence; for Czechoslovak readers, the works of the Beats sharply contrasted with the official literature which followed the doctrine of socialist realism. Therefore, this study comments on how different contexts shape the readers’ approaches to a literary text and their author, which then in turn help transform said text into a different work of art.
Abstract (in English)
The book compares the reception of the Beat Generation authors in the United States and the Czech lands in two different time periods: in the 1950s and 1960s of the 20th century and then from 1990s until today. While the works of the Beat Generation authors remained the same, the contexts of the Beat publications could not have been more different: American critics frequently reduced the works of the Beats to a juvenile promotion of sex, drugs, and even violence; for Czechoslovak readers, the works of the Beats sharply contrasted with the official literature which followed the doctrine of socialist realism. Therefore, this study comments on how different contexts shape the readers’ approaches to a literary text and their author, which then in turn help transform said text into a different work of art.
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