Unit Activity: The Mid- to Late Twentieth Century: Postmodernism
Allen Ginsberg - correct answer Irwin Allen Ginsberg was an American poet and writer. As a student at Columbia University in the 1940s, he began friendships with William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac, forming the core of the Beat Generation.
William S. Burroughs - correct answer William Seward Burroughs II was an American writer, visual artist, spoken word performer and occultist credited as a primary figure of the Beat Generation and a major postmodern author who influenced popular culture and literature.
Jack Kerouac - correct answer Jean-Louis Lebris de Kérouac, known as Jack Kerouac, was an American novelist of French Canadian ancestry, who, alongside William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, was a pioneer of the Beat Generation.
Beat Poetry - correct answer The Beat Generation was a literary movement started by a group of authors whose work explored and influenced American culture and politics in the post-war era. The bulk of their work was published and popularized throughout the 1950s.
"Howl", also known as "Howl for Carl Solomon", is a poem written by (who) in 1954-1955 and published in his 1956 collection Howl and Other Poems. The poem is dedicated to Carl Solomon. Ginsberg began work on "Howl" in 1954. - correct answer Allen Ginsberg
Naked Lunch is a 1959 novel by American writer (who). The book is structured as a series of loosely connected vignettes. (Who) stated that the chapters are intended to be read in any order. This person also wrote Junkie. - correct answer William S. Burroughs
On the Road is a 1957 novel by American writer (who), based on the travels of (who) and his friends across the United States. It is considered a defining work of the postwar Beat and Counterculture generations, with its protagonists living life against a backdrop of jazz, poetry, and drug use. - correct answer Jack Kerouac
Allen Ginsberg - correct answer Irwin Allen Ginsberg was an American poet and writer. As a student at Columbia University in the 1940s, he began friendships with William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac, forming the core of the Beat Generation.
William S. Burroughs - correct answer William Seward Burroughs II was an American writer, visual artist, spoken word performer and occultist credited as a primary figure of the Beat Generation and a major postmodern author who influenced popular culture and literature.
Jack Kerouac - correct answer Jean-Louis Lebris de Kérouac, known as Jack Kerouac, was an American novelist of French Canadian ancestry, who, alongside William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, was a pioneer of the Beat Generation.
Beat Poetry - correct answer The Beat Generation was a literary movement started by a group of authors whose work explored and influenced American culture and politics in the post-war era. The bulk of their work was published and popularized throughout the 1950s.
"Howl", also known as "Howl for Carl Solomon", is a poem written by (who) in 1954-1955 and published in his 1956 collection Howl and Other Poems. The poem is dedicated to Carl Solomon. Ginsberg began work on "Howl" in 1954. - correct answer Allen Ginsberg
Naked Lunch is a 1959 novel by American writer (who). The book is structured as a series of loosely connected vignettes. (Who) stated that the chapters are intended to be read in any order. This person also wrote Junkie. - correct answer William S. Burroughs
On the Road is a 1957 novel by American writer (who), based on the travels of (who) and his friends across the United States. It is considered a defining work of the postwar Beat and Counterculture generations, with its protagonists living life against a backdrop of jazz, poetry, and drug use. - correct answer Jack Kerouac
