By: Benji and Karen SOUTHERN WRITING

Describes Southern way of Life Describes Southern way of Life Uses Southern Dialect Uses Southern Dialect Diversity Diversity Southern History Southern History Shows importance of family and traditions Shows importance of family and traditions Shows a sense of community Shows a sense of community Shows Religious Influence Shows Religious Influence Includes Racial tension Includes Racial tension Poor agricultural society Poor agricultural society

Slavery, civil war, reconstruction, religion were common themes Slavery, civil war, reconstruction, religion were common themes South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, Kentucky, West Virginia and Arkansas. South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, Kentucky, West Virginia and Arkansas. Pre-Civil War -Missouri, Maryland, and Delaware Pre-Civil War -Missouri, Maryland, and Delaware

Antebellum period Antebellum period Lost cause Lost cause Southern literary renaissance Southern literary renaissance Post war Post war Antebellum period Antebellum period Lost cause Lost cause Southern literary renaissance Southern literary renaissance Post war Post war Plantation life and pre-war ways Plantation life and pre-war ways Shows nostalgia of the pre-war times Shows nostalgia of the pre-war times Wanted to return to pre- industrial traditions to encourage creativity. Emphasized region and tradition Wanted to return to pre- industrial traditions to encourage creativity. Emphasized region and tradition More diversity in authors due to new civil rights, increased use of dialect and southern “slang” More diversity in authors due to new civil rights, increased use of dialect and southern “slang” Plantation life and pre-war ways Plantation life and pre-war ways Shows nostalgia of the pre-war times Shows nostalgia of the pre-war times Wanted to return to pre- industrial traditions to encourage creativity. Emphasized region and tradition Wanted to return to pre- industrial traditions to encourage creativity. Emphasized region and tradition More diversity in authors due to new civil rights, increased use of dialect and southern “slang” More diversity in authors due to new civil rights, increased use of dialect and southern “slang”

Influential writers and texts Faulkner Faulkner Zora Neale Hurston Zora Neale Hurston Eudora Welty Eudora Welty Flannery O'Connor Flannery O'Connor Harper Lee Harper Lee Truman Capote Truman Capote Rick Bragg Rick Bragg Mark Twain Mark Twain William Falkner William Falkner Huckleberry Finn To Kill a Mocking Bird All Over but the Shoutin’ Mama Make Up Her Mind All the King’s Men Airships The Sound and the Furry

Suggested Reading The poem “Our Heritage” by Jesse Stuart

<-strong feelings toward the south toward the south Focuses on region Talks about religion-> and nationalism Talks about more –> Talks about more –> religion religion <- talks about rural <- talks about rurallife Talks about more-> Talks about more-> nationalism nationalism Analysis- Land Of The South ALEXANDER BEAUFORT MEEK