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This lecture course attempts to capture the rich cultural diversity of the literatures of the American South. Reading a variety of texts, we will survey Southern literature from colonial times to the present. We will examine how American writers have imagined and constructed the notion of "the South" as a distinct region and of "Southern literature" as a distinct body of writing.
Using African American music, slave narratives, short stories, novels, poetry, essays, and documentaries, we will examine the development of Southern literature in relation to historical events and cultural contexts. Readings will include works by Margaret Mitchell, Kate Chopin, William Faulkner, Zora Neale Hurston, Katherine Anne Porter, and Carson McCullers among others.
Course Readings:
There will be a course reader, which you can pick up at the Fotostelle. |
