A Study Of Violence Writing In Flannery O’Connor’s Novels

Flannery O ’Connor(1925-1964),a southern Catholic novelist,wrote two novels and two collections of short stories in her short life.She became a controversial post-World War II writer because her works were often filled with violence and death scenes.This thesis consists of five parts.The introduction mainly introduces the life and creation of O ’Connor,reviews the research status of O’ Connor at home and abroad,and expounds the research significance and research ideas of the thesis.As the key word of O ’Connor’s creation,"violence" has attracted the attention of many researchers at home and abroad.However,By reading and teasing out O ’Connor’s research results,it is clear that most of the research results usually attribute the study of violence to a single identity research perspective,and it is difficult to face up to the core of O ’Connor’s creation and separate the integrity of the writer’s works.This thesis puts O ’Connor’s creation in the perspective of violence research theory.On the basis of close reading of the text,it cuts into the violence writing of the text,deeply analyzes the inner ideological essence of the author and characters,and explores the characteristics and significance of O ’Connor’s violence writing,so as to achieve the overall grasp of O’Connor’s violent creation.First of all,in the comparative investigation of O’Connor and the southern traditional novels,we explore the inheritance and development of the southern Gothic tradition and the theme of southern classical literature,and then review O’Connor’s own creative career,investigate the formation and development of the writer’s violence writing style,and explore the uniqueness of O’ Connor’s violence writing.Secondly,it is necessary for us to combine O ’Connor’s works with the times that she lived,so that we can draw out dual values,that means critical and generative values of O ’Connor’s violence writing.Thirdly,this thesis would explore the violence aesthetics in O ’Connor’s novels.Through a series of artistic skills,O’Connor avoids the bloody ugliness of violence in the traditional violence description,and reconcile between the intuitive depiction of religious mystery and reality,forming an aesthetic style of blending grotesque mystery and realistic warmth.Finally,on the basis of literary expression and aesthetic value,focus on the ethical dilemma of O ’Connor’s marginal characters,and explore the ethical demands of O ’Connor’s doomsday belief.O ’Connor’s violence writing breaks the limits of The Times and space.O’Connor comprehensively shows the crisis of the survival dilemma through the violence writing,and conveys the serious thinking of the reality with the thrilling violence narrative,which has a distinct value of The Times.