ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -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.

Detailed explanation-2: -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.

Detailed explanation-3: -The characters in Southern Gothic literature are mostly freakish, disabled, complex and even delusional. The grotesque and macabre is embodied in writings through the human characters who are spiritually and physically monstrous.

Detailed explanation-4: -isolation and marginalization. violence and crime. sense of place. freakishness and the grotesque. destitution and decay. oppression and discrimination.