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Identity of a Culture: Rooted in Place An Introduction to Southern Literature
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What defines the  “American South”? ,[object Object],[object Object]
Roots of Southern Literature ,[object Object],[object Object]
Primary interests/ themes/ motifs ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Hollywood’s version of  the Old South   (movie poster, 1939)
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I. Beginnings to 1880 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],(portrait by Samuel Osgood)
II. The New South 1880 - 1940 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],(drawing by E. W. Kemble)
Zora Neale Hurston  (1891-1960) (photo from the Library of Congress) “ There is no great sorrow dammed up in my soul, nor lurking behind my eyes . . . I do not belong to the sobbing school of Negrohood.” from “How It Feels to Be Colored Me”
William Faulkner  (1897 – 1962) (photo from  Southern Literary Trail ) “ The past is never dead.  It’s not even past.” from  Requiem for a Nun
III. Contemporary South 1940 - present ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Tennessee Williams  (1911 – 1983) (photo by Orland Fernandez) “ When we first met, me and you, you thought I was common. How right you was, baby.  I was common as dirt . . . And wasn’t we happy together?  Wasn’t it all okay? Till she showed here. Hoity-toity, describing me as an ape.” Stanley from  A Streetcar Named Desire  (Andrews, 676)
Flannery O’Connor  (1925 – 1964) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],(photo from  NNDB: Tracking the World )
Alice Walker  b. 1944 (photo by Noah Berger) “ You better not never tell nobody but God. It’d kill your mammy.” from  The Color Purple
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Works Cited Andre, Vaschelle. “Alice Walker with her Power Plant, Collard Greens.” 2009.  Alice Walker’s Garden . 2009.  15  July 2009 <http://www.alicewalkersgarden.com/>. Andrews, William L., ed.  The Literature of the American South: A Norton Anthology . New York: Norton &  Company, 1998. Berger, Noah. “Alice Walker.” 2008.  Alice Walker’s Garden . 2009.  15 July 2009  <http://www.alicewalkersgarden.com/>. Faulkner, William.  Absalom! Absalom!  1936 .  New York: Vintage International, 1990. ---.  Requiem for a Nun.  New York: Random, 1950. Fernandez, Orland. “Tennessee Williams.” 1965. Library of Congress.  Wikimedia Commons.  2009. 15 July  2009 <http://commons.wilimedia.org/wiki/File:Tennessee_Williams_NYWTS.jpg>. Ferris, William. R. “Eudora Welty” Early Photo.  Southern Folklife Digital Archive. Hosted by Ibiblio: the Public’s  Library and Digital Archive.  Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.A. last revised May 14, 2008.  15 July 2009  <http://www.ibiblio.org/ferris/people/welty/>. “ Flannery O’Connor.”  NNDB: Tracking the World.  2009 Soylent Communications. 15 July 2009  <http://www.nndb.com/people/414/000044282/>.
Works Cited continued Gone With the Wind .  Dir. Victor Fleming. Selznick International Pictures., 1939. “ Gone With the Wind (trailer).” Editing Exercise by Beatrice Corti.  YouTube.  2009. 15 July 2009  <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mM8iNarcRc>. “ Gone With the Wind.” Movie Poster. 1939.  The Films.  1997 – 2009.  16 July 2009  <http://tf.org/filmcard/1014>. Kemble, E.W. “Br’er Rabbit and the Tar-Baby” Drawing from  The Tar-Baby  by Joel Chandler Harris, 1904.  Wikimedia Commons.  2009. 16 July 2009 <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/  File:Br%27er_Rabbit_and_Tar-Baby.jpg>. O’Connor, Flannery. Quotes.  Good Reads . 2009 16 July 2009 <http://www.goodreads.com/>. Osgood, Samuel.  “Mary Boykin Chestnut.” Portrait. 1850s. On loan to National Portrait Gallery by Serena  VanRensselaer.  Sweet Briar College.   15 July 2009 <http://www2.sbc.edu/president/mbc.html?books>. Walker, Alice.  The Color Purple .  Orlando: Harcourt, 1982. Welty, Eudora.  One Writer’s Beginnings . 1983. MA, Harvard Press, 2000. “ William Faulkner.” Photo.  Southern Literary Trail .  2009.  15 July 2009  <http://www.southernliterarytrail.org/oxford.html>. “ Zora Neale Hurston.” Photo. Library of Congress.  The American Novel.  2007. Educational Broadcasting  Corporation.  15 July 2009 <http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americannovel/timeline/hurston.html>.

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Introduction ENG 276

  • 1. Identity of a Culture: Rooted in Place An Introduction to Southern Literature
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  • 6. Hollywood’s version of the Old South (movie poster, 1939)
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  • 10. Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960) (photo from the Library of Congress) “ There is no great sorrow dammed up in my soul, nor lurking behind my eyes . . . I do not belong to the sobbing school of Negrohood.” from “How It Feels to Be Colored Me”
  • 11. William Faulkner (1897 – 1962) (photo from Southern Literary Trail ) “ The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” from Requiem for a Nun
  • 12.
  • 13. Tennessee Williams (1911 – 1983) (photo by Orland Fernandez) “ When we first met, me and you, you thought I was common. How right you was, baby. I was common as dirt . . . And wasn’t we happy together? Wasn’t it all okay? Till she showed here. Hoity-toity, describing me as an ape.” Stanley from A Streetcar Named Desire (Andrews, 676)
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  • 15. Alice Walker b. 1944 (photo by Noah Berger) “ You better not never tell nobody but God. It’d kill your mammy.” from The Color Purple
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  • 17. Works Cited Andre, Vaschelle. “Alice Walker with her Power Plant, Collard Greens.” 2009. Alice Walker’s Garden . 2009. 15 July 2009 <http://www.alicewalkersgarden.com/>. Andrews, William L., ed. The Literature of the American South: A Norton Anthology . New York: Norton & Company, 1998. Berger, Noah. “Alice Walker.” 2008. Alice Walker’s Garden . 2009. 15 July 2009 <http://www.alicewalkersgarden.com/>. Faulkner, William. Absalom! Absalom! 1936 . New York: Vintage International, 1990. ---. Requiem for a Nun. New York: Random, 1950. Fernandez, Orland. “Tennessee Williams.” 1965. Library of Congress. Wikimedia Commons. 2009. 15 July 2009 <http://commons.wilimedia.org/wiki/File:Tennessee_Williams_NYWTS.jpg>. Ferris, William. R. “Eudora Welty” Early Photo. Southern Folklife Digital Archive. Hosted by Ibiblio: the Public’s Library and Digital Archive. Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.A. last revised May 14, 2008. 15 July 2009 <http://www.ibiblio.org/ferris/people/welty/>. “ Flannery O’Connor.” NNDB: Tracking the World. 2009 Soylent Communications. 15 July 2009 <http://www.nndb.com/people/414/000044282/>.
  • 18. Works Cited continued Gone With the Wind . Dir. Victor Fleming. Selznick International Pictures., 1939. “ Gone With the Wind (trailer).” Editing Exercise by Beatrice Corti. YouTube. 2009. 15 July 2009 <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mM8iNarcRc>. “ Gone With the Wind.” Movie Poster. 1939. The Films. 1997 – 2009. 16 July 2009 <http://tf.org/filmcard/1014>. Kemble, E.W. “Br’er Rabbit and the Tar-Baby” Drawing from The Tar-Baby by Joel Chandler Harris, 1904. Wikimedia Commons. 2009. 16 July 2009 <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/ File:Br%27er_Rabbit_and_Tar-Baby.jpg>. O’Connor, Flannery. Quotes. Good Reads . 2009 16 July 2009 <http://www.goodreads.com/>. Osgood, Samuel. “Mary Boykin Chestnut.” Portrait. 1850s. On loan to National Portrait Gallery by Serena VanRensselaer. Sweet Briar College. 15 July 2009 <http://www2.sbc.edu/president/mbc.html?books>. Walker, Alice. The Color Purple . Orlando: Harcourt, 1982. Welty, Eudora. One Writer’s Beginnings . 1983. MA, Harvard Press, 2000. “ William Faulkner.” Photo. Southern Literary Trail . 2009. 15 July 2009 <http://www.southernliterarytrail.org/oxford.html>. “ Zora Neale Hurston.” Photo. Library of Congress. The American Novel. 2007. Educational Broadcasting Corporation. 15 July 2009 <http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americannovel/timeline/hurston.html>.

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