what is the genre of this book?
Southern Gothic and Bildungsroman
To Kill a Mockingbird
Scholars have characterized "To Kill a Mockingbird" as both a Southern Gothic and a "Bildungsroman"
where was the trial held in to kill a mockingbird Maycomb, Alabama whose biography is this based on? Loosely based on Harper Lee's life
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To Kill a Mockingbird [SEP] Genres
Scholars have characterized "To Kill a Mockingbird" as both a Southern Gothic and a "Bildungsroman". The grotesque and near-supernatural qualities of Boo Radley and his house, and the element of racial injustice involving Tom Robinson, contribute to the aura of the Gothic in the novel. Lee used the term "Gothic" to describe the architecture of Maycomb's courthouse and in regard to Dill's exaggeratedly morbid performances as Boo Radley. Outsiders are also an important element of Southern Gothic texts and Scout and Jem's questions about the hierarchy in the town cause scholars to compare the novel to "Catcher in the Rye" and "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn".