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The Beat Generation : sur la route (1re)

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Dans l'Amérique des années 1950, prospère mais très conformiste (conformity), un groupe de jeunes écrivains rejette la société de consommation et les valeurs traditionnelles : c'est la Beat Generation. Jack Kerouac raconte dans On the Road (1957) ses voyages à travers les États-Unis, en quête de liberté (freedom) et d'expériences. Il écrit d'un seul jet, sur un long rouleau de papier, dans une prose spontanée (spontaneous prose) inspirée du jazz. Le poète Allen Ginsberg, avec Howl, crie la révolte de sa génération. Ce mouvement a inspiré les hippies et la contre-culture des années 1960.

Mise en situation : en cours de littérature

Teacher : Who were the Beat writers?
Qui étaient les écrivains de la Beat Generation ?
Rose : Young American writers in the 1950s who rejected conformity.
De jeunes écrivains américains des années 1950 qui rejetaient le conformisme.
Teacher : What is On the Road about?
De quoi parle On the Road ?
Liam : Road trips across America, looking for freedom, friendship and new experiences.
De voyages sur les routes d'Amérique, à la recherche de liberté, d'amitié et d'expériences nouvelles.
Teacher : How did Kerouac write it?
Comment Kerouac l'a-t-il écrit ?
Rose : In three weeks, on one long roll of paper, like a jazz improvisation!
En trois semaines, sur un seul long rouleau de papier, comme une improvisation de jazz !

À retenir

  • the Beat Generation, rebellion, conformity, freedom, a road trip, spontaneous prose.
  • They rejected conformity. Kerouac wrote On the Road on a long roll of paper.

Exercice 1 : La Beat Generation : exercice 1 (QCM)

  1. « le conformisme »
    1. confirmation
    2. comfort
    3. conformity
  2. « la rébellion »
    1. rebellion
    2. revelation
    3. rebel yell
  3. « la liberté »
    1. free
    2. freedoom
    3. freedom
  4. Le roman de Jack Kerouac :
    1. The Great Gatsby
    2. On the Road
    3. Of Mice and Men
  5. Le poème d'Allen Ginsberg :
    1. If
    2. The Raven
    3. Howl
  6. On the Road a été publié en...
    1. 1985
    2. 1925
    3. 1957
  7. Kerouac s'inspire de la musique...
    1. classique
    2. techno
    3. jazz
  8. « rejeter »
    1. to project
    2. to inject
    3. to reject
  9. Ce mouvement a inspiré...
    1. les romantiques
    2. les hippies
    3. les impressionnistes
  10. « la prose spontanée »
    1. sponge prose
    2. spontaneous pros
    3. spontaneous prose

Exercice 2 : La Beat Generation : exercice 2 (à compléter)

  1. They .......................... conformity.
  2. Kerouac wrote On the .......................... .
  3. They were looking for .......................... .
  4. He wrote on one long roll of .......................... .
  5. His style was inspired by .......................... .
  6. Ginsberg wrote the poem .......................... .
  7. The Beats inspired the .......................... .
  8. America in the 1950s was very .......................... .
  9. It's a novel about road .......................... .
  10. Who were the Beat .......................... ?

Exercice 3 : La Beat Generation : mise en situation

  1. Tu dis qu'ils rejetaient le conformisme.
    1. They rejects conformity.
    2. They rejected conformity.
    3. They rejecting conformity.
  2. Tu demandes de quoi parle le roman.
    1. What is about On the Road?
    2. What is On the Road about?
    3. What On the Road is about?
  3. Tu résumes le roman.
    1. It's about road trips across America.
    2. It's about road trip across America.
    3. It's about road trips through of America.
  4. Tu expliques comment il l'a écrit.
    1. He writes it on a long roll paper.
    2. He written it on one long roll of paper.
    3. He wrote it on one long roll of paper.
  5. Tu dis que son style vient du jazz.
    1. His style inspired was by jazz.
    2. His style was inspired by jazz.
    3. His style was inspiring by jazz.
  6. Tu dis qu'ils cherchaient la liberté.
    1. They was looking for freedom.
    2. They were looking for freedom.
    3. They were looking freedom.
  7. Tu dis qu'ils ont inspiré les hippies.
    1. They inspired hippies the.
    2. They inspire the hippies yesterday.
    3. They inspired the hippies.
  8. Tu demandes qui étaient ces écrivains.
    1. Who was the Beat writers?
    2. Who were the Beat writer?
    3. Who were the Beat writers?
  9. Tu dis que l'Amérique était conformiste.
    1. America was very conformity.
    2. America was very conformist.
    3. America were very conformist.
  10. Tu donnes ton avis sur le roman.
    1. I found the novel fascinated.
    2. I found the novel fascinating.
    3. I find the novel fascinating yesterday.

Corrigé

Exercice 1

1. c) conformity · 2. a) rebellion · 3. c) freedom · 4. b) On the Road · 5. c) Howl · 6. c) 1957 · 7. c) jazz · 8. c) to reject · 9. b) les hippies · 10. c) spontaneous prose

Exercice 2

1. rejected · 2. Road · 3. freedom · 4. paper · 5. jazz · 6. Howl · 7. hippies · 8. conformist · 9. trips · 10. writers

Exercice 3

1. b) They rejected conformity. · 2. b) What is On the Road about? · 3. a) It's about road trips across America. · 4. c) He wrote it on one long roll of paper. · 5. b) His style was inspired by jazz. · 6. b) They were looking for freedom. · 7. c) They inspired the hippies. · 8. c) Who were the Beat writers? · 9. b) America was very conformist. · 10. b) I found the novel fascinating.