The Emergence of Appalachian Stereotypes in 19th Century Literature and Illustration

In the Appalachian world, the stereotype is very rich. Some stories tell the climber that they are lazy, confused and retarded, but happy and satisfied. Women in the mountain are considered industrious, strong, ambitious, firm and weanised, and are responsible for the male counterparts. These ideas about mountain life do not emerge from everywhere; they are always misleading, direct accident in the 19th century sensational media, including printed news and illustration art, accidently representing Appalachians It is a product.

Appalachian's tradition of music dates from the 18th century to the 19th century, where a remote community was mixed in the rugged Appalachian mountains. One of the biggest influences on Appalachian folk music is the Anglo-Celtic settlers. And the ballad and instrumental dance of the story is based on the violin. These people also developed unique stringed instruments called Mountain Dulcimer in the Appalachian Mountains. Another big influence is African-American music. And it introduces strong rhythms, calls and sensitive melodies, group songs and banjo enter the area. By the end of the nineteenth century, all these were gathered in the form of old music and commercialized in the 1920s. Today, this music is not widely broadcast on the radio, yet it fills the Appalachian mountains and valleys with the sounds decided in the United States, it is one of the most powerful folk traditions in the United States.

True American literature began to emerge in the first few decades of the 19th century. Still, it was derived from the English literary tradition, but the short stories and novels published between 1800 and 1820 began drawing society in America and began exploring the landscape of America in an unprecedented way. Romanticism is a way of thinking that emphasizes group value, objective subjective value, and one emotional experience for individuals. It also values ​​natural wildliness rather than artificial order. Romanticism as a world view occupied Western Europe in the second half of the 18th century, American writers accepted it in the early 19th century.

Realism in literature is a way to express life and society without idealism. It is related to French literature of the 19th century. Literary realism started from French literature in the mid-nineteenth century, spread to writers in the second half of the nineteenth century, and tended to depict contemporary society. Within the spirit of general "realism", graphic artists choose to draw everyday peace and quiet activities and experiences rather than stylized performances. In general, realism in literature is an attempt to express familiar and everyday people and situations in a way that is not accurate and idealized.