Publication Date
8-1-1999
Degree Program
Department of English
Degree Type
Master of Arts
Abstract
Flannery O' Connor has long been an established southern writer of the mid-twentieth century. This paper discusses briefly the tenets of both Modernism and Post-Modernism as literary movements of the twentieth-century, then looks specifically at how O'Connor's fiction makes her a key hallmark figure in the movement known as Post-Modernism, but also as one of the first female southern writers to utilize very anti-Romantic themes and style. Further, this paper attempts to examine through a discussion of various contemporary male and female southern writers the depth of O'Connor's influence on their own works. Attention is also given to the differences found in voice, theme and tone between southern contemporary male and female writers today, and explanations are offered as to why these marked differences exist.
Disciplines
English Language and Literature | Literature in English, North America
Recommended Citation
Skillern, Ada, "Southern Post-Modernism, Anti-Romanticism and Gender Difference in Flannery O'Connor and Some Other Southern Contemporaries" (1999). Masters Theses & Specialist Projects. Paper 758.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/758