INTERPRETATION OF "THE MYTH OF THE SOUTH" IN M.MITCHELL’S NOVEL "GONE WITH THE WIND"
The author of the article analyses the features of the so called South Myth in M. Mitchell’s novel “Gone with the Wind” and reveals the writer’s attitude towards this myth: in the first volume the myth is criticized and in the second one Southern values are glorified. Basing on the fate of the characters, the article considers the impact of the Civil War and Reconstruction on transformation of the stereotyped images.