Writing Beat in Bebop Rhythms
Writing Beat in Bebop Rhythms
Author(s): Rogoveanu Raluca Subject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Ovidius University Press
Keywords: Beat Generation; jazz; bebop; subversive discourse; political resistance.
Summary/Abstract: This article analyzes the relations between the prose discourse of the Beat generation writers and bebop jazz; it also identifies the cultural affinities between Charlie Parker's jazz and Jack Kerouac's prose. The complexity of both forms of expression lies in their duplicitous nature. Entertaining and subversive at the same time, the beat /bebop discourse relies on free improvisation and spontaneous rhythmic associations of words. Both deal with individual and collective resistance forms, transcending the ethical and rejecting social and political coercion.
Journal: Analele Universităţii Ovidius din Constanţa. Seria Filologie
- Issue Year: 2008
- Issue No: 19
- Page Range: 103-106
- Page Count: 4
- Language: English