创伤叙事下的救赎——《好人难寻》的创伤叙事解读

Salvation under Trauma narrative——Trauma narrative interpretation of "a good man is hard to find"

弗兰纳里.奥康纳的短篇小说以其独特的南方乡土气息和暴力宗教阐述而闻名于世界文学界。本文旨在运用创伤理论剖析奥康纳短篇小说中人物所受到的社会创伤和宗教创伤,从而得出在南方文化的残酷的侵袭下,暴力和死亡才是人们获得解脱和宗教救赎的途径。

Flannery O’Conner is famous for the Southern local color and violent religious explanation in her short stories. This thesis analyzes the characters who suffered from social and religious trauma in her stories and concludes that under the permeation of Southern culture, violence and death are the access to religious deliverance and redemption.