EH 202 Exam 3 P1

Southern Renaissance definition

an explosion of literary productivity in the South between the two World Wars

Southern Renaissance reasons for development

Migration from rural communities to cities (shift from agriculture to industrialism)

Southern Renaissance subject of movement

Writers addressed, head-on, the South's troubled past in regard to race

Southern Renaissance themes

Racism, family, honor

"The Sahara of the Bozart" by

H.L. Mencken

"The Sahara of the Bozart"

1917 essay. Compared the South to the Sahara Desert, a cultural wasteland

Southern Gothic definition

ways the seemingly pretty Southern social order hid dark secrets

Southern Gothic characteristics

social issues, decay, trauma, isolation

Southern Grotesque

A more specific subgenre and offshoot of Southern Gothic

Stream of consciousness technique

A writing style where the speaker jumps quickly between thoughts, mirroring natural thinking without clear transitions

Yoknapatawpha County

Fictional Mississippi county and inspired by Faulkner's own family/upbringing

The Moth; The Poker Night

early titles for streetcar

Belle Reve

DuBois family home in Mississippi

Foreshadowing (AGMIHTF)

a hint of what is to come

Situational Irony AGMIHTF

A difference between what's expected and what actually happens

Initiation Story BB

A story where a young, naïve character loses their innocence and matures after facing real-life truths

A Rose for Emily

William Faulkner.

Barn Burning

William Faulkner

A Streetcar Named Desire

Tennessee Williams

A Good Man Is Hard to Find

Flannery O'Connor.

The Life You Save May Be Your Own

Flannery O'Connor