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17 Οκτ 2024 · Southern gothic, a style of writing practiced by many writers of the American South whose stories set in that region are characterized by grotesque, macabre, or fantastic incidents. Flannery O’Connor, Tennessee Williams, Truman Capote, William Faulkner, and Carson McCullers are among the best-known.
Southern Gothic is an artistic subgenre of fiction, country music, film, theatre, and television that are heavily influenced by Gothic elements and the American South.
4 Μαΐ 2019 · Southern Gothic is a mode or genre prevalent in literature from the early 19th century to this day. Characteristics of Southern Gothic include the presence of irrational, horrific, and transgressive thoughts, desires, and impulses; grotesque characters; dark humor, and an overall angst-ridden sense of alienation.
19 Μαρ 2024 · Southern Gothic is an artistic tradition that draws on gothic tropes to explore the tensions that haunt the American South. Southern Gothic works (sometimes known as American Gothic, Gothic Americana, and dark country) are motivated by questions of the past, postcolonialism, and the legacy of slavery, where gothic elements are often employed as ...
23 Μαΐ 2024 · Southern Gothic literature builds on the traditions of the larger Gothic genre, typically including supernatural elements, mental disease, and the grotesque. Much literature in this genre, however, eschews the supernatural and deals instead with disturbed personalities.
Traditionally seen as drawing on the tragedy of slavery and loss, ‘Southern Gothic’ is now a richer, more complex subject. Thirty-five distinguished scholars explore the Southern Gothic, under the categories of Poe and his Legacy; Space and Place; Race; Gender and Sexuality; and Monsters and Voodoo.
Southern gothic is a subgenre of gothic fiction set in the American South, characterized by its use of supernatural elements, grotesque characters, and social issues such as racism and class disparity. This style often explores the decay of traditional Southern values, using dark humor and irony to highlight the complexities of life in the South.
