Dry September
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"Dry September" is a short story by William Faulkner that explores racial tension, rumor, and mob violence in a small Southern town.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dry September canonical | 1 |
| “Dry September” | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | short story ⓘ |
| addressesIssue |
gender roles
ⓘ
racism ⓘ social hysteria ⓘ vigilante justice ⓘ |
| author | William Faulkner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
injustice
ⓘ
lynching culture ⓘ masculinity and honor codes ⓘ mob violence ⓘ moral cowardice ⓘ power and powerlessness ⓘ racial tension ⓘ rumor and gossip ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| examines |
effects of rumor on community behavior
ⓘ
intersection of race and gender in the South ⓘ psychology of mob mentality ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Scribner's Magazine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| form | short fiction ⓘ |
| genre |
Southern Gothic
ⓘ
modernist fiction ⓘ |
| hasApproximateLength | about 15–20 pages ⓘ |
| influencedBy | racial violence in the American South ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Modernism ⓘ |
| majorCharacter |
Hawkshaw the barber
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
John McLendon NERFINISHED ⓘ Minnie Cooper NERFINISHED ⓘ Will Mayes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person limited ⓘ |
| originalPublicationYear | 1931 ⓘ |
| partOf | William Faulkner's Yoknapatawpha fiction cycle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotElement |
abduction of Will Mayes
ⓘ
community complicity in violence ⓘ false accusation of assault ⓘ formation of a lynch mob ⓘ |
| protagonist | Will Mayes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInFictionalCounty | Yoknapatawpha County NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | Jim Crow era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInRegion | American South NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInState | Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingFeature |
nighttime car ride outside town
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small Southern town barbershop ⓘ town square ⓘ |
| tone |
critical of Southern society
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grim ⓘ tragic ⓘ |
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this entity surface form:
“Dry September”