单选题 Many people associate ______ of the first half of the 1950s with crime, delinquency, immorality, and amorality, although it has actually made great contributions to American literature.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】解析:“垮掉的一代”是二战后风行于美国的文学流派,他们生活简单,厌弃工作和学业,拒绝承担任何社会义务,以浪迹天涯为乐,蔑视社会的法纪秩序,以此向体面的传统价值标准挑战。代表作家有金斯伯格(Allen Ginsberg,1926一1997)及其作品《嚎叫》(Howl)。