Flannery O'Connor is considered one of the outstanding female writers of the American South in the 20 th century.Her works not only reveal to readers a world of nihilism,but also describe a society of original sin...Flannery O'Connor is considered one of the outstanding female writers of the American South in the 20 th century.Her works not only reveal to readers a world of nihilism,but also describe a society of original sins.Nihilism reflected by two major characters and their fates in A Good Man Is Hard to Find demonstrate her concern about the lack of belief and emptiness of modern people's soul.展开更多
In contemporary American southern female writer Flannery O'Connor's short story"Greenleaf",the author depicts the conflict between the representative of the southern old force,the self-righteous Mrs....In contemporary American southern female writer Flannery O'Connor's short story"Greenleaf",the author depicts the conflict between the representative of the southern old force,the self-righteous Mrs.May and the representative of the south ern new force,Mr.Greenleaf.This paper approaches"Greenleaf"from the symbolic meaning as well as the point of view of the short story to demonstrate the inevitability of the defeat of the South by the North.展开更多
文摘Flannery O'Connor is considered one of the outstanding female writers of the American South in the 20 th century.Her works not only reveal to readers a world of nihilism,but also describe a society of original sins.Nihilism reflected by two major characters and their fates in A Good Man Is Hard to Find demonstrate her concern about the lack of belief and emptiness of modern people's soul.
文摘In contemporary American southern female writer Flannery O'Connor's short story"Greenleaf",the author depicts the conflict between the representative of the southern old force,the self-righteous Mrs.May and the representative of the south ern new force,Mr.Greenleaf.This paper approaches"Greenleaf"from the symbolic meaning as well as the point of view of the short story to demonstrate the inevitability of the defeat of the South by the North.