ENGL 291: The American Novel Since 1945
Lecture 09 - Jack Kerouac, On the Road (cont.). In this second lecture on On The Road, Professor Hungerford addresses some of the obstacles and failures to the novel's high ambitions for achieving American community through an immediacy of communication. Sal Paradise's desire to cross racial boundaries, for example, seems ultimately more exploitative than expansive; Dean's exuberant language of "Yes!" and "Wow!" devolves into meaningless gibberish. And yet the novel's mystical vision of something called "America" persists, a cultural icon that continues to engage the interest of readers, scholars, and artists. Among these latter is the digital art collaborative Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries, with whose online work DAKOTA Hungerford concludes the class. (from oyc.yale.edu)
| Lecture 09 - Jack Kerouac, On the Road (cont.) |
| Time | Lecture Chapters |
| [00:00:00] | 1. Kerouac's Mythical America: Trans-historical Communities |
| [00:22:03] | 2. Defining American Identity: Sal's Illusory Vision of Mystical Oneness |
| [00:30:01] | 3. Dean and Sal, Again: The Theme of Sadness |
| [00:41:12] | 4. The Publication History: Creating a Literary Object |
| References |
| Lecture 9 - Jack Kerouac, On the Road (cont.) Instructor: Professor Amy Hungerford. Transcript [html]. Audio [mp3]. Download Video [mov]. |
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