How do authors draw attention to language within short stories?

Question

For example, dialect. "'Ya'll" instead of "you all".

Answer 1

There's a wonderful tradition of American writers using regional dialects and slang to make their prose more exciting.

PBS did a special on it. Here is a quote from an essay about the South. I chose the South as an example because you userd the term, y'all. You can go to the web site to learn more.

"If any region is best known for distinctive voice writing, it’s the American South. William Faulkner, Flannery O’Connor, Eudora Welty all contributed to a growing body of classic literature that, in transcending stereotypes, illuminates complex characters and the false pretenses of societies built on a foundation of racial hierarchy. Richard Wright praised Carson McCullers as the first white writer of Southern fiction to treat her black characters “with as much ease and justice as those of her own race,” and remarked on the “astonishing humanity” of McCullers’ first novel, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter."



Suggested Reading/Additional Resources

* William Faulkner, This Mississippi author won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1949 and is considered to be one of the nation's foremost writers.
* Flannery O’Connor, Learn more about this writer from Georgia.
* Eudora Welty, As a life-long resident of Jackson, Mississippi, Eudora Welty is best known as a Southern writer of short stories and novels.
* Carson McCullers, An acclaimed novelist, she was also the author of plays, essays, short stories, and poems.
* Fred Chappell, Learn more about this North Carolina author.
* Jones, Suzanne W., ed. Growing Up In the South: An Anthology of Modern Southern Literature. New York: Penguin Group, 1991.
* Ravenel, Shannon, ed. New Stories from the South 2003. Chapel Hill, N.C.: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2003.
* Trigiani, Adriana. Milk Glass Moon. New York: Random House, 2002.


Best of luck with your writing. Don't forget to email me when the book is finished and publshed!!!!!

Answer 2

When an author uses dialects and kind of informal language like Ya'll instead of you'll, he/she tries to make a direct communication link between his writing and the readers. He/she pens down his/her experience or whatever he wants to write in a common language which can be understood by anyone. This way an author draws our attention n gives a feeling of familiarity to the reader. And one good thing, we hardly need to consult dictionary for every word.

Answer 3

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