Study discipline:Anglický jazyk - specializace v pedagogice
Abstract:
This paper focuses on the rise of consumerism in the United States in the fifties and on the events that were most influential concerning the development of causes. It further presents the most typical expressions of material tendencies in consumers.
The main aim of this paper is the identification of these expressions in the work of Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Gregory Corso and their attitude towards the material values of the consumer society.