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Comparison Of Japanese Rogue Faction And American Beat Generation

Posted on:2010-03-14Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:X MengFull Text:PDF
GTID:2155360272497716Subject:Comparative Literature and World Literature
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This paper is based on the Second World War as a historical background, a comparative analysis of the conditions in this context the two literary factions, Japan and the United States to send rogue Beat Generation. The article is divided into three parts, the first part is mainly from the background, works on behalf of writers, works to understand the perspective of the characteristics of the analysis of Japan's "rogue faction" and the United States, "Beat Generation" of the similarities. After World War II is a "rogue" and "Beat Generation" co-existence of the historical background. Although one is victorious, one was defeated, but the war between the two countries have gone through the baptism of the spirit of the people of the state of the two countries is similar. Drug abuse, alcoholism, sex and other people of Japan and the United States to become a total life of depravity. This degenerate behavior and thought in the "rogue" and "Beat Generation" of the works have been fully confirmed. Negative content of the two works, decadent. From the same background to the decadent spirit of the two peoples is similar to the performance of "rogue" and "Beat Generation" of similar works of the decadent display of the content, let us see the "rogue" and "Beat Generation "similar to, but also created the comparability of the two schools.The second part is mainly from the background, works on behalf of writers, works in terms of the characteristics of Japan's "rogue faction" and the United States, "Beat Generation" for differences. In this paper, first of all from the obvious different between the two countries to carry out a comparative analysis of the economic situation. As a defeated nation, Japan's economy is undergoing a collapse phase, the rapid decline in industrial output, food supply, inflation and the scene of more families can be seen everywhere, and the United States, as the victorious great material wealth of the country, the economy has begun rapid development of People have ample food and clothing. Differences in economic conditions through the comparison between the two countries can lead to different ethnic and economic recession in Japan have had a low self-esteem of ethnic nationalism, and the prosperous post-war social situation in the United States to bring the American people a strong sense of superiority, from the economic situation to the national character of the differences between the two countries is not difficult to find a decadent way to choose the root causes of life are different. In the economic, political, and cultural have become brittle social conditions can not be hit, the Japanese people are forced to choose a passive fall, they fall in order to survive, the spirit is in a vacuum. The victorious United States, allows the rapid development of economic and cultural development of the material lost its balance. American society shows a highly developed economy, the state of mental emptiness. At this point, the United States began to take the initiative of some young people the choice of degeneration, it will be used to travel and adventure. America's "Beat Generation" of the many works are completed in the journey. Their concept of literary creation are spontaneous, they are the previous "narrow" way of life extremely unpleasant, from the author's way of life and their works that they can be confusing is the use of degenerate degenerated to promote their own of social discontent and resistance. In the "rogue" and "Beat Generation" of warm work, which reveal differences in the national character is also reflected in the psychological. Because the Japanese "rogue faction" of the fall in order to survive this is only the most basic bottom line, the pursuit of the spiritual world is empty, and the United States, "Beat Generation" is the active degeneration, they have fallen more than "rogue faction" more understanding of their resistance to degradation is not only the way society is their way of life to explore new ways. Most of them are the impact of Zen Buddhism, with its theory to find the true spirit of free sustenance. Of course, Japan's "rogue faction" of Buddhism, there is no such awareness.Comparative analysis of the third part of "rogue" and "Beat Generation" literary value and significance. The outbreak of World War II, the complete destruction of the global village was calm, people in the chaos of war with the innate human instinct to survive again and again subjected to a devastating war nearly baptism. Either physical or psychological, whether the Japanese people or the American people. War, they learned how the environment in the poor to protect themselves, when the previous "civilian-type" of the United States and Germany and sober way of life can no longer care to help them to live in war, they learned to use a more primitive survival methods. Even if this method is in the eyes of our people fallen. War so that they become irresponsible, they are usually the work of creative non-compliance with the traditional routine, structure and form are often disorganized, language, crude and even vulgar. Many reasons for the Beat Generation of the controversial literature, but is in the affirmative or negative comments, Beat Generation in the United States the importance of literary history can not be negative, after it was seen as a Modernist Literature important branch of its future generations of Western culture have had a profound impact was cultural studies scholars as the first true sense of the post-modern "sub-culture." Similarly, Japan is also a rogue faction of cognition can not be separated from the historical background of World War II. It is a kind of Beat Generation and the United States work style is similar to The Fall of Japan's post-war literary and become an important and productive characteristics of the factions. After the defeat of Japan, almost all economic and political collapse, in which disorder, anti-ethical and social emancipation of the mind and the atmosphere of the times, a writer with a rogue faction of people to understand the attitude of self-torture reaction was miserable in Japan and the scene of confusion. More of their literature is a unique point of view of traditional Japanese society and political ideas, moral values and other social "orthodox" criticism of the concept of giving, to some extent, their work has also revealed some of the post-war Japanese society, the nature of .Although the distance between Japan and the United States is a far cry from the country, but in the same era have had a surprising similar to the two literary groups, comparing the two factions could be a better understanding of the Second World War brought to life the people, ideas and culture change. Text from the decadent, we find a positive force, the survival instinct of mankind there were, through a comparative analysis of Japan and the United States to send rogue Beat Generation, a true picture of society after World War II demonstrated before our eyes. To overcome or defeat no matter whether the war has brought only suffering people. Although the people's daily lives have become decadent, but the post-war literature has prospered, the war will not only make people be outdone on the battlefield a lot, eastern and western cultures have also taken place in the literary world of the collision is not small. The United States "lost generation" of literary works can be seen everywhere in the East there is thinking of Zen Buddhism. In order to exchange cultural development can be inherited. Comparison of Japan and the United States rogue faction of Beat Generation literature can be more detailed features of the East-West cultural context. This is conducive to the spread of culture. And cultural exchanges between the two countries also contributed to the people of Japan and the United States between the national culture and national character, such as mutual understanding between the two peoples and contribute to the friendly communication and the development of friendship between the two countries.
Keywords/Search Tags:Rogue faction of Japan, American Beat Generation, Comparison, World War
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