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"Open The Eyes Of The Blind.

Posted on:2019-06-03Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:H XueFull Text:PDF
GTID:2435330548480499Subject:Comparative Literature and World Literature
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Flannery O'Connor's literary creation thought was deep influenced by the atmosphere of the times,the regional culture and the traditional values of Christianity.On this basis,it formed her unique system of violent redemption writing,giving her works strong enlightenment implication.The writers of the south,the catholic novelists,the critically ill,triple identities gave her a sharp vision of the secular world,digging into the pain of contemporary souls.Christianity for thousands years of long-standing original sense of sin,benevolent ethics and the trend of inspiration after O'Connor's internalization and absorption,promoted her to use violence as a means of expression,salvation for the creation of the core,the faith to save of the ultimate purpose,to awake self-enclosed readers,reaffirming the transcendent existence of God and the limited self of mankind,revealing the highest point of view of his religious salvation.The expression of the salvation theme in the writers' short stories revolves around the violence and the commendation begin with contemporary human beings,which is derived from the original concept of Christianity,to explore the necessity that the modern blind fools suffering.Only the violence under the violent impact makes them aware of the dark and to open their way of meeting with grace.O'Connor's set of circumstances in the plot is unconsciously infiltrated by the tradition of biblical literature,and the salvation line with the classic U-shaped curve of the biblical literature which was presented by Frye is given in the final human return the self-realization of the characters and beyond the infinite possibilities,in response to her belief in the creation of the omnipotent guidelines.Finally,in the dimension of the crucifixion and salvation,the late O'Connor broke through the area of confinement,the loss of miss and confusion presented by the southerners in a foreign land discomfort extended to postmodern universal human general marginalization situation.O'Connor's short story is a concentrated expression of her theological ideas and specific elaboration,always closely related to regional themes and to respond contemporary problems.As a regional writer,O'Connor spicy irony about the unrealistic historical illusions of the south after the war,urging the contemporary southerners to extract the essence of the southern tradition,to complete the reconstruction of the new South value system under the guidance of the glorious faith,At the same time,she took the responsible consciousness and compassionate feelings of the novelists and discussed the limited and self-subjective nature of the contemporary spirit crisis and survival difficulties,in order to inspire the readers return back love and humility and realize the return and belief of human nature salvation.
Keywords/Search Tags:Flannery O'Connor, Suffering, the Theme of Redemption
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