Most of this novel is autobiographical, loosely structured and intermittent. It describes the absurd life experiences of a group of young people and reflects the spiritual emptiness and chaos of American youth after the war. It is recognized as a classic of the hippie movement and the beat generation in the 1960s.
Extended data:
First, the creative background
1957 from April 2 to April 22, Jack Kerouac completed the first draft of On the Road with a typewriter and a roll of 120-foot-long printing paper.
Kerouac said that he spent seven years on the road, but it only took three weeks to finish the novel. Although the manuscript of "On the Road" was improvised, he has been brewing this book for 4 years, and it took 65,438+00 years to publish it. Jack also revised it once.
Second, the artistic features
The creation of On the Road itself is a model of spontaneous writing. Judging from the time of creation, this novel should be said to be the first masterpiece of the Beat School. Like other beat writers and poets, this novel obviously inherits and further develops Whitman's poetic tradition, highlights the nature and characteristics of "spontaneous writing", and achieves a high degree of unity in ideological content and artistic style.
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