REBELLION IN THE POEM HOWL BY ALLEN GINSBERG (SOCIOLOGICAL STUDY)

Abstract

This study aims to find the types and portrayed of rebellion against America's elite in the 50th century in the poem Howl written by Allen Ginsberg, this research is expected to be a reference for future researchers. The data source used in this research is Howl's Poem. In analyzing the data, the researcher used a qualitative descriptive research method. The data were obtained by using reading, note-taking, and analyzing techniques through a sociological approach to literary works and to classify the types of rebellion that contained in the poem, the researcher used the theory of John Lewis Gillin and John Philip Gillin, namely the Social Process. There are 6 types of rebellion with 26 data and an explanation of rebellion portrayed in this research poem, but the types and portrayed that are more prominent are negative because the researcher finds a lot of war, capitalism, consumerism, deceit, torture, and murder physically and mentally. Evil America has turned the lives of the lower classes into a terrible and nightmare