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Flannery O'Connor's 'Revelation' / Union Of Opposites
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A 7 page paper discussing O'Connor's use of simultaneous but conflicting states of being in her short story, and in her work as a whole. The paper breaks down some of the difficult theological concepts in 'Revelation,'and shows how it works on two levels at the same time. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Flannery O'Connor's 'Wise Blood'
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A 5 page essay covering various topics and issues in O'Connor's 'Wise Blood.' The writer discusses Hazel's 'religious' beliefs, personal background, etc.; Also explored are Enoch Emory's 'wise blood,' the characters of Sabbath Hawks, Hoover Shoat, etc; No other sources cited.
Filename: Wisebloo.doc

Flannery O’Connor’s “The Artificial Nigger”
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A 9 page overview and summary of key elements O’Connor’s classic work. The writer is particularly concerned with the way this novel inverts a racist symbol into an emblem of antiracist redemption. Bibliography cited 5 sources.
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Political Incorrectness In The Works Of Flannery O'Connor
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An 8 page paper looking at three short stories: 'A Good Man is Hard To Find,' 'Good Country People,' and 'Everything That Rises Must Converge.' The paper argues that in her fiction, O'Connor tries to show how craven and worthless and ugly and stupid we are without the benefit of the grace of God. She chooses as her victims people about whom our society feels especially protective -- widows, children, the disabled -- simply because no one is exempt. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Religion In The Works Of Flannery O'Connor
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A 10 page paper showing the religious references in three of this twentieth-century Southern writer's stories: 'A Good Man is Hard To Find,' 'Good Country People,' and 'The River.' The paper argues that the intrinsic violence of much of O'Connor's work comes from her unusual interpretation of the working out of God's grace in the world. Bibliography lists seven sources including book.
Filename: OConnor.doc

William Butler Yeats and Flannery O'Connor / Literary Criticism
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A 5 page paper critiquing a literary criticism article by Hal Blythe and Charlie Sweet, in which Blythe and Sweet compare O'Connor's story 'A Good Man Is Hard To Find' with William Butler Yeats' 'The Second Coming.' The paper concludes that there is really very little valid basis for comparison, due to the differing literary outlooks of the writers themselves. No sources except critical article and O'Connor's book.
Filename: Flannery.wps

Women in Modern Southern Literature
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A 9 page paper on the changing role of women in Southern literature in the mid-to-late twentieth century. The paper observes that the Southern woman conceals beneath her society's valuation of her as helpless a unique ability to navigate the waters of her culture. Works covered are Eudora Welty's Delta Wedding; Flannery O'Connor's A Good Man is Hard To Find; Walker Percy's Lancelot; Peter Taylor's A Summons to Memphis; and Kaye Gibbons' Ellen Foster. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Works Of Flannery O'Connor / Emotional Intent Through Racism
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8 pages in length. The fictional works of Flannery O'Connor elicit several levels of emotion within the weave of racism and prejudice. Two of the author's short stories -- Everything That Rises Must Converge and Judgement Day -- reflect just such a backdrop in their attempts to demonstrate the absurdity of such narrow-mindedness. The writer compares and contrasts the two stories with respect to their representation of racial intolerance.
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Art For Life's Sake
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A 7 page essay discussing the difference between art written for art's sake and art written for life's sake. It particularly discusses Flaubert, Ibsen, Dostoevsky and Yeats, and examines how each of these authors fit into the Romantic tradition of the artist as both spokesperson and iconoclast, and how each of these works discussed represent art created for life's sake. Bibliography lists seven sources.
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Flaubert's Parrot : 'Examination Paper'
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A 2 page paper which examines the academic theme of Julian Barnes' book, 'Flaubert's Parrot,' and also the reason for the sue of the 'Examination Paper' which was implemented in the end. Like many novels, the author of this book clearly intended much of the message to be clear. The message being that the main character was essentially the author. With the implementation of the 'Examination Paper,' it becomes clear that this is very much the case in this book. No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAparro2.doc