Politics of Autobiography in Williams S Burroughs's Junky
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2018-04
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Faculty of Art in English
Abstract
The paper depicts William Burroughs' politics to get a factual account of his
own experience of heroin addiction, criminality and homosexuality based on his junky
autobiographical novel. The researcher not only focuses on his addiction and
sexuality, but also tries to reveal Burroughs' politics about youth mentality and their
desire, and how youth adopt the subculture. Burroughs tires to recover from
consumption of drugs addiction but he never manage to his recovery because of lack
of either moral or spiritual direction. He tries to show these addicts are as marginal
group and take departure from main stream of American history. He politicizes
autobiography to give awareness about addiction and challenge the American
mainstream history. The primary aim of this study is to fine the conflict between state
power and marginal group like drugs addict, sex abuser. To this end, the paper
answers the questions regarding he politics behind Burroughs addiction to provide
awareness in the society. It can be prevent an addiction and crime. The researcher's
main concerns with Linda Anderson's Autobiography and with the support of Julie
Armstrong's "Experimental Fiction an Introduction for readers and writers" the paper
comes to a finding that Burroughs' writing raises the issues of marginal group as
homeless, drugs addiction in the beats generation. The paper comes to a finding that
he searches the solution of addiction and sexual abuse through his writing in
counterculture movement. Through this text he tries to show an addicts want to stay
far from drugs abuse but lack of family and social support addict cannot be eradicate.
He wants to reduce crime related to sexuality and drugs abuse through his Junky.
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Drugs Addiction, Homosexuality, politics and Cultural Diversification, undergrounding