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What
Makes Southern Literature Southern? Southern
literature is defined as literature about the South, written by authors
who were either brought up in the South, spent many years in the South,
or came from southern parents. ... But exactly where does the
"South" begin and end? Geographically, the South can reach as far
west as Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas, and as far North as Kentucky and Virginia. Characteristics of
southern literature are: the significance of family, a sense of
community and one’s role within it, the community's dominating religion
and the burden religion often brings, land and the promise it brings,
and the use of southern dialect. History is held in high
regard in the South, and so, the historical significance of the
southern town is often discussed at length in works of southern
literature. [read more]
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