ENGL 291: The American Novel Since 1945
Lecture 04 - Flannery O'Connor, Wise Blood (cont.). In this second lecture on Flannery O'Connor's Wise Blood, Professor Amy Hungerford continues to offer several specific contexts in which to read and understand the novel. Having used O'Connor's letters to delve into her theological commitments in the previous lecture, Professor Hungerford now explores the southern social context, particularly with respect to race and gender, and the New Critical writing program of which O'Connor was a product. Hungerford finally suggests that O'Connor's writing illuminates the important - and perhaps undertheorized - link between the institutionalization of formal unity by the New Critics, and their strong religious influences. (from oyc.yale.edu)
| Lecture 04 - Flannery O'Connor, Wise Blood (cont.) |
| Time | Lecture Chapters |
| [00:00:00] | 1. On the Depiction of Women: Fragmented Bodies and Southern Society |
| [00:07:36] | 2. Modes of Violence: Abused Children, Police Brutality, and Racism |
| [00:16:52] | 3. Exploring the Narrative Purpose of Violent Imagery: The Question of Sympathy |
| [00:24:13] | 4. Returning to a Theological Structure: A Close Reading of Chapter Seven |
| [00:35:36] | 5. New Criticism and the Institutionalization of Modernism |
| References |
| Lecture 4 - Flannery O'Connor, Wise Blood (cont.) Instructor: Professor Amy Hungerford. Transcript [html]. Audio [mp3]. Download Video [mov]. |
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