LITERATURE QUESTIONS
GOTHIC LITERATURE
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To question the morality of the culture/pattern
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To highlight the goodness of other characters
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To showcase cultures other than the American south
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To make general statements about all of humanity
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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 particularly focuses on the South’s history of slavery, racism, fear of the outside world, violence, a “fixation with the grotesque, and a tension between realistic and supernatural elements".
Detailed explanation-3: -Southern Gothic literature is a genre of Southern writing that focuses on the grotesque. It may contain some supernatural elements, but often more realistic flawed characters and settings. The genre was inspired by Gothic writing, which began in the 19th century with Edgar Allan Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.