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The Literature of the American South

Published on Dec 05, 2015

An overview of the characteristics of American Southern literature. Includes a list of traits and a list of great authors, classic and contemporary, that define the genre.

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"Well, bless your heart!"

The Literature of the American South
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American Southern Lit

It's all about the perspective
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Serious people

Hard working.  Little Humor. Xenophobic.
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... for 5 minutes

and then things get funky.
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The family home

Been in the family for generations. Mortgaged to the hilt.
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The family tub

It's just a tub. ... Isn't it?
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The Belle.

Poor thing! No one is good enough for her to marry.
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Well, there was this one guy ...

and you know what happened to him.
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So she spends time alone

... a LOT of time alone. ...
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Come into the root cellar ...

she might say to the nice stranger ...
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Or meet me in the woods

... around midnight during a full moon ...
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An old Southern saying:
"Here in the South, we don't hide crazy. We invite it onto the porch and offer it sweet tea."

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Traits of Southern Lit:
1. surface appears normal
2. situation is not as it appears
3. social position, social obligations effect situation
4. sense of decay or neglect
5. an isolated person or place

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Some Great southern writers

  • William Faulkner
  • Alice Walker
  • Harper Lee, Ralph Ellison, Zora Neale Hurston
  • Flannery O'Connor, Tennessee Williams, Rebecca Wells
  • Eudora Welty, Kathryn Stocket
  • Sue Monk Kidd, Joshilyn Jackson

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