ROGOVEANU RALUCA - Writing Beat in Bebop Rhythms
(pag. 103-106)
This article analyzes the relations between the prose discourse of the Beat generation writers and bebop jazz; it also identifies the cultural affinities between Charlie Parker's jazz and Jack Kerouac's prose. The complexity of both forms of expression lies in their duplicitous nature. Entertaining and subversive at the same time, the beat /bebop discourse relies on free improvisation and spontaneous rhythmic associations of words. Both deal with individual and collective resistance forms, transcending the ethical and rejecting social and political coercion.