Ameerika kirjandus alates I maailmasõjast kuni tänapäevani.
It all began in Vanderbilt university,
Nashville Tennesee, the Fugitive magazine was founded. It began publishing poems, essays
by young southern writers, one collection of essays was I'll take my stand, it became the
manifesto of southern agrerianism. the culture of the south should oppose the yankee
barbarism of the north, the usual juxtaposition of the south and north. Most of these young
authors grew up when the southern was rising from the Civil war. 1865, for 15 years the south
was occupie by the northern army. Then the southern became the colony of the north 1870's
the southern became poor and abandoned. The poverty dominated the minds of poeple for
several decades, it is the atmosphere where the authors grew up. The first world war marks
the transition. Southern school of American literature.
Features: 1. southereners are extremely critical, especially for the hatred for the yankees. 2.
From the point of view of literature method, southeneres are strongly influenced by the