Properties (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
literary genre
|
| gptkbp:associatedWith |
gptkb:the_Great_Depression
gptkb:the_Civil_Rights_Movement gptkb:post-Civil_War_America |
| gptkbp:characterizedBy |
dark humor
decayed settings grotesque characters |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Southern Gothic
|
| gptkbp:influencedBy |
Gothic fiction
Southern_literature |
| gptkbp:is_used_in |
local folklore
social issues allegory the absurd isolation moral ambiguity religious themes symbolism violence irony moral dilemmas the supernatural family dynamics regional dialects haunted houses mental illness race relations decay family secrets the unreliable narrator elements of horror class struggles dysfunctional families the grotesque the uncanny the outsider marginalized characters elements of tragedy redemption themes the anti-hero the tragic hero the_American_South |
| gptkbp:notablePerson |
gptkb:William_Faulkner
gptkb:Tennessee_Williams gptkb:Flannery_O'Connor |
| gptkbp:notableWorks |
gptkb:The_Sound_and_the_Fury
A Streetcar Named Desire Wise Blood |