Northwest

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Northwest

• Literature

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Regional Literature

• The regional novel emphasizes the setting,
  speech, and social structure and customs of a
  particular locality as important conditions
  affecting the temperament of the characters and
  their ways of thinking, feeling, and
  interacting." -Abrams

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Two Key Elements

• Identities
• Experiences

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Northwest Identities

• Native Americans
• Pioneers
• Loggers
• Hippies

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Northwest Identities

• Native Americans
• Pioneers
• Loggers
• Hippies

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Northwest Identities

• Native Americans
• Pioneers
• Loggers
• Hippies

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Northwest Identities

• Native Americans
• Pioneers
• Loggers
• Hippies
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• these hippies)

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The Northwest Experience

• The element of Nature is a distinct component of
  Northwest Literature.

• Nature
• Man vs. Nature

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The Northwest Experience

• Nature
• Adventure
• Strength
• Courage
• (Paul Bunion pictured to the right)

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The Northwest Experience

• Paul Bunion Gets a Bear Hide.
• (Tune A Preacher Went a-Hunting.)
• Paul Bunion went a-hunting,In his forty-dollar
  shoesHe packed a pot of honey,And some
  dynamite and fuse.He rolled himself a very fine
  pill,From tar-paper and snus,When all at once
  he spied a bearAnd-hell just busted loose!

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The Northwest Experience

• He smeared his shoes with honey,Just to lead the
  bear alongA-puffing on his home-made pillAnd
  a-whistling of a song.He honey-smeared the
  dynamiteAnd lit the little fuseThen laid it
  gently on the groundAnd left it with adieus.

• Paul Bunion Gets a Bear Hide.
• (Tune A Preacher Went a-Hunting.)
• Paul Bunion went a-hunting,In his forty-dollar
  shoesHe packed a pot of honey,And some
  dynamite and fuse.He rolled himself a very fine
  pill,From tar-paper and snus,When all at once
  he spied a bearAnd-hell just busted loose!

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The Northwest Experience

• He smeared his shoes with honey,Just to lead the
  bear alongA-puffing on his home-made pillAnd
  a-whistling of a song.He honey-smeared the
  dynamiteAnd lit the little fuseThen laid it
  gently on the groundAnd left it with adieus.
• The bear enjoyed the sweetness'Til the dynamite
  went "bang"Then Paul just skinned him
  neatly,(And he whistled while he sang).But,
  loggers, heed the moralOf the poor fool bear
  that died,And when you hunt for honey,Why-be
  careful of your hide.

• Paul Bunion Gets a Bear Hide.
• (Tune A Preacher Went a-Hunting.)
• Paul Bunion went a-hunting,In his forty-dollar
  shoesHe packed a pot of honey,And some
  dynamite and fuse.He rolled himself a very fine
  pill,From tar-paper and snus,When all at once
  he spied a bearAnd-hell just busted loose!

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The Northwest Experience

• Nature
• Adventure
• Rural vs. Urban

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Northwest Literature

• The regional novel emphasizes the setting,
  speech, and social structure and customs of a
  particular locality as important conditions
  affecting the temperament of the characters and
  their ways of thinking, feeling, and
  interacting." -Abrams

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Northwest Literature

• Common identities and common experiences are the
  key components that define Northwestness, the
  sense of locality that is the definition
  Northwest Literature
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