The beginning of the 1960s was known for the change in the ideological matrix in Britain. The new political situation helped society change its attitude and become more open to the events that would come later. It was also a period marked by rapid and radical cultural changes. Pop culture became a way of life for young people, causing profound changes in their attitudes toward leisure and, as a result, affecting various spheres of life. The paper deals with the impact of popular culture on Hanif Kureishi, the writer of mixed-race identity. The special focus is on the impact of music and the musicians of the time Kureishi features in his writings: their texts, clothes, and style. By intertwining fine arts and literature with performing arts and music, Kureishi generates cultural identity.

A quest for an appropriate, passionate partner is the urge for love or just a caprice. It generates either a plot or a character. The present paper pursues two main goals. First, it shows that in both novels: Lady Chatterley's Lover and A Room with a View, main characters Connie, later Lady Chatterley and Lucy Honeychurch, respectively, are all but immoral women who lack a real, passionate touch − and this is the way they are mastering the plot throughout. They personify two impressive young ladies of the time, well-educated, broad-minded, who oppose the limitations put on their sex. Second, it argues that all the money and titles of this world cannot displace the delight of love, that is, discourse shall never displace a plot. The paper also shows that according to the discourse, plot and story of these novels there could be something higher, better than a sheer materialistic world. For this hypothesis, I used the methodologies of theoretical psychoanalysis and semiotics (psychic economy).