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Flannery O’Connor and Irony

Flannery O’Connor and Irony. Flannery O’Connor (1925 – 1965). Born in Savannah, Georgia Applied to Iowa Writer's Workshop, but almost rejected because the admissions interviewer couldn't understand her southern accent Diagnosed with lupus when she was 25. O’Connor continued….

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Flannery O’Connor and Irony

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  1. Flannery O’Connor and Irony

  2. Flannery O’Connor (1925 – 1965) • Born in Savannah, Georgia • Applied to Iowa Writer's Workshop, but almost rejected because the admissions interviewer couldn't understand her southern accent • Diagnosed with lupus when she was 25

  3. O’Connor continued… • A Good Man is Hard to Find (1955) – short story collection • Filled her stories with crazy preachers, murderers, the deformed, the disabled, freaks and outcasts. • Inspired by gothic literature (horror and violence) • Focused on the grotesque because she said, "To the hard of hearing you shout, and for the almost-blind you draw large and startling figures.“ • O’Connor was a devout Catholic; lots of religious imagery in her stories

  4. Irony • a literary device whereby a reader’s expectations are reversed • a literary device whereby what is going on or being said on the surface of the narrative is undercut and reversed by implications beneath the surface. • Three Types of Irony • Verbal (sarcasm) • Situational (wow, didn’t see that coming) • Dramatic (how could you not see that coming?)

  5. Recognizing irony in a story can be very helpful in determining a theme of a story • What is the theme of “The Life You Save May Be Your Own”? • What are some examples of irony in “The Life You Save May Be Your Own”?

  6. Examples of Irony • Mrs. Crater talks about never wanting to part with her daughter, but we learn that she is “ravenous” for a son in law. • Mrs. Crater wants a son-in-law for security, but she gets one who robs her. • Shiftlet complains about the “rotten” world but is himself an example of its rot. • Shiftlet complains about the difficulty of finding an innocent woman but does not want the innocent woman he gets. • Lucynell’s innocence is not virtue but idiocy.

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