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按一下以編輯母片副標 題樣式 *1 按一下以編輯母片標題樣式 Flannery OConnor (1925-1964) lAmericanwriterFlannery OConnorwasknownforher focusonspiritualdeformity andredemption.Herfirst novel,Wise Blood,was publishedin1952. OConnor,(Mary)Flannery lAmericanwriter,whosenovelsandshortstories focusingonhumanitysspiritualdeformityandflight fromredemptionearnedherauniqueplacein20th- centuryAmericanfiction. lBorninSavannah,Georgia,OConnorwaseducated attheGeorgiaStateCollegeforWomenandthe StateUniversityofIowa(nowcalledtheUniversityof Iowa).MostofherlifewasspentinMilledgeville, Georgia,wheresheraisedpeacocksandwrote. Works lOConnorswork,essentiallytwonovelsandtwo volumesofshortstories,hasbeendescribedasan unlikelymixtureofsouthernGothic,prophecy,and evangelisticRomanCatholicism. lThenovelsareWise Blood(1952)andThe Violent Bear It Away(1960);theshort-storycollectionsareA Good Man Is Hard to Find(1955)andEverything that Rises Must Converge(publishedposthumously, 1965). Works lOConnorisfrequentlycomparedtotheAmerican novelistWilliamFaulknerforherportrayalof southerncharacterandmilieuandtotheAustrian writerFranzKafkaforherpreoccupationwiththe grotesque. lAbasicthemeofherworkistheindividualsvain attempttoescapethegraceofGod,andherworkis profoundlyandpervasivelyreligious.Shediedof lupus,adiseasethatcrippledherforthelastten yearsofherlife. MajorWorks lSallyFitzgeraldselectedandannotatedthetextsinOConnors Selected Works.LibraryofAmerica,1988.Containsthefiction,some occasionalprose,andmorethan250letterswrittenbetween1948and 1964. Wise Blood(1952).Novel lA Good Man is Hard to Find(1955).TitleStoryOn-line lThe Violent Bear It Away(1960).Novel. lEverything That Rises Must Converge(1965).Novel. lMystery and Manners: Occasional Prose.EditedbySallyandRobert Fitzgerald.Farrar,Strauss,andGiroux,1969. lThe Complete Stories of Flannery OConnor.Withanintroductionby RobertGiroux.Farrar,StraussandGiroux,1972. lThe Habit of Being.EditedbySallyFitzgerald.Farrar,Strauss,and Giroux,1979. Good Country People letext:/geocities/su_englit/oconnor_country.html lInruralGeorgia,Mrs.Hopewellrunsherfamilyfarm withthehelpoftenantsMr.andMrs.Freeman.Mrs. Hopewellsdaughter,Joy,whogotherlegshotoffin anaccidentwhenshewasachild,nowlivesathome withhermother.ThirtythreeyearoldJoyhasearned aPhDinphilosophy,butshedoesnotseemtohave muchcommonsense.Inanactofrebellion,shehas changedhernametoHulga,andshelivesinastate ofannoyedangerathermotherandMrs.Freeman. Good Country People lABiblesalesmancomestothedoor,claiminghisnameis ManlyPointer(!),andmanagestogetinvitedtodinner.Heand Hulgamakeadatetohaveapicnictogetherthenextday.That nightHulgaimagineswithhersuperiormindandeducationthat shesincontrolandthatshewillseducehim. lHowever,thenextdaybythetimetheyhaveclimbedintoa barnloft,Manlymanagestopersuadehertotakeoffher glassesandthenherwoodenlegwhichhepacksinasuitcase, betweenaBiblewhichisreallyaboxwithliquorand pornographiccardsinit.AsManlyleavesHulgawithouther falseleg,hetellsherthathecollectsprosthesesfromthe disabled.Sheisshockedtorealizethatheisnotgoodcountry people. Commentary lInthisgrotesquestory,OConnordevelopsseveral themes.WeseethatHulgahasneverreallygrown up.Shesactinglikearebelliousteenager,stomping aroundthehouse,slammingdoors,accusingher motherofbeingstupid,wearingagrungyoldskirt andasweatshirtwithacowboyonit.Weseealso herprideinherownintellectandinhermasteryof existentialism,whichcomescrashingdownwhen sheissogullibleandnaiveastobeeasily manipulatedbytheyoungBiblesalesman. Commentary lHulgamayactuallybeonsomekindofspiritual search,inspiteofherdenialthatGodexists.Sheis fooledbyManly,whomakesherthinkheisasimple religiouscountrybumpkinwaybeneathher.But ManlyismuchmoreworldlywisethanHulga;he seducesher,insteadoftheotherwayaround.And sheisleftsittingaloneinahayloftwithouther glasses(shewasnotseeingveryclearlyanyway) andwithoutherwoodenleg.Partofthebrilliant writinginthisstoryshowshowpeopletendtouse clichsinwaysthatmakeiteasyforthemtoavoid thinkingorseeingclearly. Info lSource TheCompleteStories lPublisher Farrar,Strausshewearsuglyclothes, makesuglyfacesandugly,ruderemarks,andin generaltriestobeasuglyaspossible. Another Commentary from :/storybites/oconnorcountry.htm lThegreatestachievementinHulgaslifehas beentheacquisitionofaPh.D.inphilosophy, andherwidereadingsinsecularphilosophy confirmherintrinsicconvictions,whichfall somewherebetweenatheism,existentialism, andnihilism.Idonthaveillusions,shesays atonepoint.Imoneofthosepeoplewho seethroughtonothing. Another Commentary from :/storybites/oconnorcountry.htm lItisclearthatOConnorseesHulgasbeliefsystem,nother missingleg,ashergreatesthandicap.Hulgaisshutofffroma propercommunionwithGod,notbecausesheisknowinglyevil, butbecausesheismorallysmug;shethinksshehaswithin herselfeverythingsheneedstobeafunctionallycomplete person.Essentiallythisboilsdowntoanargumentbetween ProtestantismandCatholicism-Protestantismholdingthat eachpersonultimatelydetermineshisownbelief,andthat salvationcomeswhollyfromapersonalrelationshipwithGod, andCatholicismmaintainingthats。