Konflikt venkova a města v povídkách Flannery O'Connor

Hejzlarová, Anna

Flannery O'Connor, one of the prominent Southern writers of the post-World War II era, has been known particularly for her deeply religious convictions that she interconnected with typically Southern settings and attributes. Although the aim of her fiction, as she herself frequently pronounced, was predominantly in its religious significance, she was not blind to the social and political changes that accompanied the spreading of urbanization, modernization, university education, an emphasis on the scientific perspective and belief in progress - all of which forced the South to adapt to the ideal of a unified, successful America. On the contrary, she felt, similar to many other Southern writers, that city and the urban way of life clashes with traditional rural values and with the region's distinctiveness. This thesis aims to discuss precisely the tension between rural and urban and the way it reflects the conflict between religious faith and modern secularism as understood by Flannery O'Connor. The second chapter provides a deeper context, both socio-historical and literary. The first subchapter focuses on the socio-historical reality of the urbanization of the American South that started mainly after the Civil War and culminated in the period immediately following World War II. It illustrates the...

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