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1. Southern Gothic 2. 3. Amalia Gradillas

4. Southern Gothic is a genre of writings that is unique to American literature. This genre is unique to American culture and most of the characters that are portrayed in the types of books are disturbed and damaged in a sense.Authors of this genre usually rely on supernatural or ironic events to be incorporated into the plots of their stories. A well known author that fits into the southern gothic genre is William Faulkner (book seen above).Faulkner has been known for portraying interesting characters and plots in his novels. He wrote in the book //As I Lay Dying, "//I heard that my mother is dead. I wish I had time to let her die. I wish I had time to wish I had. It is because the wild and outraged earth too soon too soon too soon. It's not that I wouldn't and will not it's that it is too soon too soon too soon" (Faulkner 114). In this quote it portrays not an average character that fits under the category of southern gothic but still one that would not fit underneath any other category. This is darker and goes into the thoughts of death and portraying a some what damaged character. This style of writing will usually go into the plight or depth of a characters mind and usually the characters are those that fit underneath the category of being opressed or hated against such as that of an African-american race or even being gay.

5. Foster, Niki. "What is the Southern Gothic Movement in Literature?" //Wise Geek//. Conjecture Corperation, 6 Aug. 2009. Web. 1 Dec. 2009.