Kyla MacLane

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Presented by

• Kyla MacLane
• Raven Studebaker
• Rachel Smith
• Kyle Marshall

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Truman Capote, without a doubt, deserves the
title of A Great American Author of the 1950s
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Who exactly is this Truman Capote?
Despite having a difficult childhood, Truman was
a brilliant man who showed a remarkable talent
for writing.
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Famous Works

• Other Voices, Other Rooms (1948)
• The Grass Harp (1951)
• Breakfast at Tiffanys (1958)
• In Cold Blood (1966)
• and many more...

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Critical Aspects of the 1950s - A Time of Paranoia
McCarthyism and the fear of communism
Blacklisting and its effects on the arts
The Baby Boom and the birth of consumerism
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Literature in the 1950s
Post-ModernismThe Southern Gothic Writing
Style
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We believe that the Greatest American Author of
the 1950's must be....
Challenging!
Innovative!
Successful!
Passionate!
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It's easy to see that Truman Capote fits all the
criteria...

• Innovative
• Non Fiction novel
• New Journalism
• Challenges Readers Beliefs
• Controversial
• Challenged readers views
• Successful
• Financially
• Critically
• Passionate
• Diversity in his writings

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Words of Capote

• To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not
  what its about, but the inner music that words
  make

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Words of Capote

• Writing has laws of perspective, of light and
  shade just as painting dose, or music. If you are
  born knowing them, fine. If not, learn them. Then
  rearrange the rules to suit yourself.

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Words of Capote

• I had to be successful, and I had to be
  successful earlyI always knew that I wanted to
  be a writer and that I wanted to be rich and
  famous.

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The Great American Author
Truman Capote
(1924 - 1984)