| 独创性声明 | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-7页 |
| 1 Introduction | 第7-10页 |
| ·A brief introduction to the literary movement of the Beat Generation | 第7页 |
| ·Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg and their literary achievements | 第7-8页 |
| ·A general introduction to On the Road and Howl | 第8页 |
| ·The literature review---critical responses to Kerouac's On the Road and Ginsberg's Howl | 第8-10页 |
| 2 The background of the literary movement of the Beat Generation | 第10-23页 |
| ·the economic, political, and cultural situation of postwar America in the 1950s | 第10-14页 |
| ·the deviant 'American Dream' in the 1950s | 第14-15页 |
| ·An atmosphere of counterculture in the 1950s | 第15-20页 |
| ·Disposition and the individual experiences of Kerouac and Ginsberg | 第20-23页 |
| ·Disposition and the individual experiences of Kerouac | 第20-22页 |
| ·Disposition and the individual experiences of Ginsberg | 第22-23页 |
| 3 A survey of the source of the Beat Generation | 第23-37页 |
| ·A profound influence of American Transcendentalism | 第24-30页 |
| ·An influence from modem Existentialism | 第30-37页 |
| 4 A survey of the themes of Beat writing | 第37-53页 |
| ·A spiritual wasteland | 第37-42页 |
| ·Seeking for experiences and freedom | 第42-47页 |
| ·Cult of high experiences and ecstasy | 第47-53页 |
| 5 A survey of literary characteristics of Beat writing | 第53-65页 |
| ·The spontaneous writing | 第54-60页 |
| ·Visionalization and actionalization | 第60-63页 |
| ·The characterization of anti-hero | 第63-65页 |
| 6 Conclusion | 第65-67页 |
| Notes | 第67-68页 |
| Bibliography | 第68-73页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第73页 |
