Common and distinctive features of narration in "The Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger, "On the Road" by J. Kerouac and "Naked Lunch" by W.S. Burroughs

Abstract

The ideas set forth in The Catcher in the RyeТ by J.D. Salinger, which are reflected in the most remarkable Beat-generation works by J. Kerouac and W.S. Burroughs, are researched in this article. The main ideas explored in J.D. Salinger’s work (a carefree attitude to life, a tendency to describe events taking place here and now, an interest in a person’s inner world, rejection of conformity) are found in novels by Kerouac and Burroughs. A desire for freedom of self-expression incarnates in an artistic experiment with the image of the narrator and the structure of narration in the novels "On the Road" and "Naked Lunch".