Analysis of Richard Brautigan
Masaryk University Faculty of Arts Department of English and American Studies English Language and Literature Magdalena Šedrlová WATERMELON SIXTIES: Analysis of Richard Brautigan’s In Watermelon Sugar on the Background of the 1960s Counterculture in the United States Bachelor ’s Diploma Thesis Supervisor: doc. PhDr. Tomáš Pospíšil, Dr. 2008 I declare that I have worked on this thesis independently, using only the primary and secondary sources listed in the bibliography. …………………………………………….. Author’s signature 2 Acknowledgement I would like to thank my supervisor, doc. PhDr. Tomáš Pospíšil, Dr., for his pertinent remarks, useful hints, patience and support. 3 Table of Contents INTRODUCTION …………………………………………………………………..6 PART ONE: ACULTURECOUNTERMAINSTREAM:Explainingthe Counterculture…………8 ChapterI:Origins………………………………………………………………10 ChapterII: TheSixties………………………………………………………….17 1.PhilosophyandStyle…………………………………………………20 A)Peace………………………………………………………...20 B)East…………………………………………………………..21 C) Nonconsumerism…………………………………………...22 D)Love…………………………………………………………23 E)Turnon,tunein,dropout–thedrugculture……...…………24 PART TWO: WELCOMEIN WATERMELONSUGAR……………………………………………27 ChapterI:RichardBrautigan–A WestCoastwriter…………………………..27 ChapterII: TheStoryof In Watermelon Sugar ………………………………...29 ChapterIII: ThematicandSymbolicAnalysis…..……….………………….....34 1. In Watermelon Sugar asamirror ofthecontemporarysociety……...34 A)iDEATH–a modelofautopiancommunity………………34 B)TheForgottenWorks–cemeteryofthetechnocracy…….…39 2. In Watermelon Sugar asanLSDvision…………….…………….....41
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