Southern Gothic Literature

By John Temple

Background

• Horror• Supernatural• Romantic• Grief• Atmosphere of mystery• Darkness and doom• A big house or castle

Southern Gothic Literature derives from Gothic Literature.

Gothic literature has a few defining characteristics:

Classic Gothic Literature

Classic Gothic Literature

Classic Gothic Literature

Classic Gothic Literature

From Gothic to Southern Gothic Literature

Edgar Allan Poe William Faulkner

Characteristics

• Regional• Macabre• Grotesque• Fantastic incidents

William Faulkner

William Faulkner1897 - 1962

• Full Name: William Cuthbert Faulkner• Born in: Albany, Mississippi • Spent most of his life in Oxford, Mississippi• Briefly went to the University of Mississippi• Joined and briefly served in the Canadian and

later the British Royal Air Force• Spent time as a screen writer in Hollywood

Faulkner Continued. . .Faulkner wrote many volumes of poetry and short stories.

Faulkner won the prestigious Nobel Prize in Literature in 1949. Faulkner received it a year later in 1950.

Faulkner has been named amongst some of the greatest writers in the 20th century.

Works Cited

1. Slide one photo courtesy of: chaucerettescs.livejournal.com 2. Slide two information from:

http://frank.mtsu.edu/~saw2z/gothicfictionweb/AmericanGothic.htm 3. Slide three photo courtesy of : sthelena.vic.edu.au4. Slide four photo courtesy of: schools.bedfordshire.gov.uk5. Slide five photo courtesy of: davidlrattigan.com6. Slide six photo courtesy of: beyondhollywood.com7. Slide seven photos courtesy of: medchrome.com8. Slide eight information from:

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-the-southern-gothic-movement-in-literature.htm and http://www.librarything.com/topic/5800

9. Slide nine photo courtesy of: http://blogs.clarionledger.com/jmitchell/files/2010/08/william-faulkner.jpg

10.Slide ten information courtesy of http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1949/faulkner.html

11. Slide eleven information courtesy of: http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1949/faulkner.html