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Argues that Flannery O'Connor viewed her characters as monsters who assail readers...,
By R. Neil Scott "Writer, Professor & User Servi... (Murfreesboro, TN USA) - See all my reviews (VINE VOICE) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Flannery O'Connor's Characters (Hardcover)
In this modest, sixty-one page monograph, Enjolras expands on his premise that Flannery O'Connor depicts the human body as "ugly." Contends that O'Connor viewed her characters as "monsters who assail" her readers caught "in the gruesome show of the puppet life through which they totter."
Suggests that her plots "could easily turn into nightmares" as the scenes she depicts "come to life not so much with people as with ghastly substitutes." Argues that even when Flannery O'Connor's characters are not crippled, they "appear as caricatures" because -- for her -- the human body is essentially deprived of, and not worthy of "dignity or respectability." Offers three chapters that examine "recurrent character types" O'Connor presented in The Complete Stories, including: "Wicked Children" (Chapter 2); "Conceited, Self-Righteous Christians" (Chapter 3); and, "Intellectuals and Would-Be Artists" (Chapter 4). Closes with the suggestion that O'Connor's depiction of "physical ugliness and suffering, horrible events, and violent deaths should not distress the over-sensitive reader," but be seen instead as opportunities for each of her characters to accept or reject Christ's offer of redemption and salvation. R. Neil Scott / Middle Tennessee State University |
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Flannery O'Connor's Characters by Laurence Enjolras (Hardcover - April 16, 1998)
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