My OperaJACK KEROUAC-THE AUTHOR OF 'ON THE ROAD' WOULD HV BEEN 90 TODAY!
Tuesday, March 13, 2012 10:46:55 AM
[ JACK KEROUAC : The Father-Figure Amongst The BEAT-GENERATION -WRITERS of US,and whose NOVEL -- 'ON THE ROAD' is regarded by many as a SEMINAL PIECE OF ART inthe 20th-Cent. AMERICA that had,despite many drawbacks in terms of writing in the traditional-sen se, defined The Very Course of American-Art for once n all, was born today,12'MARCH in 1922.
JACK KEROUAC BECAME SORT OF CELEBRITY IN 6Os AND HAD BEEN A GREAT INSPIRATION FOR MUSICIANS,FILM- DIRECTORS,NOVEL ISTS,POETS N MOST IMPORTANTLY,FOR THE YOUTHS OF AMERICA WHO FELT INTRIGUED,DECEI VED,BETRAYED N DISILLUSIONED IN THE POST-WAR AMERICA IN ITS GRAND PROMISES,BUT LITTLE REAL FULFILMENT
THE DISBELIEF N DOUBTS THAT HADSET IN THE YOUNG GENERATION OF 5O,60s,7Os DUE TO THE REALIZATION THAT THERE WAS NOTHING LIKE THE MUCH HYPED PHRASE--- 'AMERICAN DREAM',KEROUAC APPEALED LIKE A SEER WHO COULD GIVE VOICE TO SUCH DARK N SOMBRE VIEWS OF THE YOUNG N THE BOLD N THE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE!
JACK KEROUAC BECAME A CULT FIGURE FOR THE DISENCHANTED PLUS DISSATISFIED YOUTHS OF THE UNITED STATES WHO HAD COME TO EXPERIENCE THE SHALLOWNESS OF THE AMERICAN CULTURE THAT INSTILLED HITHERTO THE SENSE OF SUPERIORITY AMONGST ITS CITIZENRY!
JACK CAROUAC wrote in order to shatter such false proposition n Promises through his works: be itthrough novels,essays or poetry!
A HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO JACK KEROUAC!
MRITYUNJAY JHA
SAMASTIPUR
BIHAR, INDIA ]
