山东师范大学美国文学南方文艺复兴Chapter15The_Southern_Renaissance_William_Faulkner研究报告.ppt

The Southern Renaissance historically significant conflict between north and south gap in culture and way of thinking Took their root in the South to seek universality kept the continuity of the southern theme and reminded the world of the existence of south made the southern literary renaissance a fact of history Southern Renaissance In the 20th century , southern lit. became not only distinguished but very diverse, yet it has often rooted its works in the south.  By 1920’s, a literary movement known as the Southern Renaissance emerged. There was a domination of southern literature for at least 4 decades in American Literature. Southern Myths Chevalier heritage Agrarian virtue Plantation aristocracy Lost cause White supremacy Purity of southern womanhood Definition of southern literature Southern literature can be defined as literature about the South, written by authors who were raised in the South. Important southern writers Ellen Glasgow, Virginia, Barren Ground Katherine Anne Porter , Ship of Fools Flannery O’Connor, A Good Man is Hard to Find William Faulkner Major themes of Southern Literature: Aristocratic life on the plantation The American Civil war Prosperity before the Civil War The lost glory The Reconstruction The racial issues: slavery and the superiority of the white The significance of family, religion, and community Conflict between old and new values morals, changes brought about by industrialization, decline of the past tradition William Faulkner William Faulkner 1897-1962 the Nobel Prize-winning novelist and short story writer The most important figure in Southern Renaissance, one of the twentieth century’s greatest writers transformed his “postage stamp” of native soil into an apocryphal setting in which he explored, articulated, and challenged “the old verities and truths of the heart.” Biographical Information Born on Sept. 25, 1897 in New Albany, Mississippi Still a child, the family settled in Oxford in north-central