Saturday, 27 June 2015

Harper Lee



I chose Harper Lee as one of my authors to study due to the popularity of her classic novel that I was very keen to read entitled 'To Kill a Mockingbird'.
Also with the recent media attention on Lee recently publishing her second novel, fifty years after her first, I thought she may be a very topically interesting person to look into.

Facts about Lee 

Born: Nelle Harper Lee
Nationality: American 
Subject: Literature
Literary Movement: Southern Gothic

What is Southern Gothic?

Southern Gothic is a subgenera of gothic fiction (horror and romanticism) in American Literature, exclusively in the American South.

Themes within Southern Gothic include

  • Deeply flawed/ eccentric characters
  • Ambivalent gender roles
  • Decayed/ derelict settings
  • Grotesque situations/ other sinister events relating to or coming from; poverty, alienation, crime, violence.

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