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Flannery O'ConnorA modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Use these questions or activities to help gauge students’ familiarity with and spark their interest in the context of the work, giving them an entry point into the text itself.
Short Answer
1. What are the characteristics of the Southern Gothic genre? What other writers besides Flannery O’Connor have written in this genre?
Teaching Suggestion: A basic understanding of the Southern Gothic genre will help students get the most from reading Flannery O’Connor’s story. You might begin by asking if students have read any prominent examples, such as William Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying, Tennessee Williams’s The Glass Menagerie, Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, or even the podcast S-Town. Then, discuss what the stories have in common and how the setting of the American South shapes the characters and plots.
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