Based on Martin Buber's theory of "Ontology of Between", the present paper tries to analyze the unfathomable themes in Wise Blood and argues that the world of Wise Blood (1968) is a highly commercialized society ...Based on Martin Buber's theory of "Ontology of Between", the present paper tries to analyze the unfathomable themes in Wise Blood and argues that the world of Wise Blood (1968) is a highly commercialized society filled with spiritual blindness, moral degeneration, and social corruption. In keeping with O'Conner's artistic creations, the more disgusting the It-world in Wise Blood is represented to the readers, the more palpable her implication becomes that such a world needs the necessary and urgent spiritual redemption.展开更多
文摘Based on Martin Buber's theory of "Ontology of Between", the present paper tries to analyze the unfathomable themes in Wise Blood and argues that the world of Wise Blood (1968) is a highly commercialized society filled with spiritual blindness, moral degeneration, and social corruption. In keeping with O'Conner's artistic creations, the more disgusting the It-world in Wise Blood is represented to the readers, the more palpable her implication becomes that such a world needs the necessary and urgent spiritual redemption.