THE ARTISTIC METHOD OF J. KEROUAC IN THE NOVEL “ON THE ROAD”

Abstract

The article is devoted to perpetuating the features of “spontaneous prose” in the work of the brightest beat generation representative Jack Kerouac and his novel “On the Road”. The ideology of beat generation is an integral part of world and American literature, that continues to influence modern culture. The novel “On the Road” became a manifesto of this generation, absorbing the most characteristic features of the beatnik era and counterculture. Kerouac's strong connection to his specific time allowed him to describe its character, its reality, its dreams in a way that no one else could, it was made with the help of “spontaneous prose” method – a kind of mantra about everything, in the style and form of which there is an eternal rhythm, piercing jazz and meditative restraint. The writer himself claimed that he developed his style by listening to jazz improvisations of his favorite jazzmen and integrating their music into literature.