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Title
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Flannery O'Connor's concern for truth: Aristotelian and phenomenological implications.
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Creator
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Piper, Wendy A., Florida Atlantic University, Pearce, Howard D.
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Abstract/Description
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Flannery O'Connor's Catholicism assumes a transcendent reality to be manifest in the physical world. In her view, as in the essentialist phenomenology of Edmund Husserl, we must penetrate the surface of reality in order to find the principles and generalities that underlie it. The incarnational nature of O'Connor's fiction reflects this vision. Her grotesque imagery and her use of elements of Aristotelian dramatic form manifest this sense of Mystery in her fiction. Character is revealed...
Show moreFlannery O'Connor's Catholicism assumes a transcendent reality to be manifest in the physical world. In her view, as in the essentialist phenomenology of Edmund Husserl, we must penetrate the surface of reality in order to find the principles and generalities that underlie it. The incarnational nature of O'Connor's fiction reflects this vision. Her grotesque imagery and her use of elements of Aristotelian dramatic form manifest this sense of Mystery in her fiction. Character is revealed through imagery and action. Finally, O'Connor's "reasonable use of the unreasonable" is based directly on Aristotelian "Surprise," which carries enough awe to jar the reader into an experience of the Mystery central to her vision.
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Date Issued
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1991
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14694
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Subject Headings
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O'Connor, Flannery--Criticism and interpretation
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Format
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Document (PDF)
