Appalachian Myths and Stereotypes in Chris Offutt’s "Sawdust" and "Melungeons"

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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Appalachian Myths and Stereotypes in Chris Offutt’s "Sawdust" and "Melungeons"
Original language description
The article analyzes “Sawdust” and “Melungeons,” two of Chris Offutt’s short stories, with a focus on two stereotypes connected with Appalachian people: a) their contempt for education; b) their violent and vengeful nature, resulting in feuds. It explains the relationship between myth and stereotype and, in accordance with recent psychological and sociological research, considers stereotypes to be a specific kind of so-called “legitimizing myths.” The background against which the stereotypes are explored is the myth of the origin of Appalachian people. Discussing Sarah Hardy’s research into affinities between short stories and oral narratives, Lisa Alther’s historical investigation of the Melungeons, and Chris Offutt’s theoretical remarks about storytelling, the article shows that it is the close relationship of short stories with folk tales that makes the short story the best genre for rendering myths and stereotypes.
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Publication year
2017
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical
Journal of The Short Story in English / Les Cahiers de la nouvelle
ISSN
0294-0442
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Volume of the periodical
č. 67
Issue of the periodical within the volume
Autumn 2016
Country of publishing house
FR - FRANCE
Number of pages
17
Pages from-to
205-221
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