Abstract
This project looks at “A Good Man Is Hard To Find” by Flannery O’Connor, “John Redding Goes To Sea” by Zora Neale Hurston, and “The Sky Is Gray” by Ernest J. Gaines to examine the Southern Gothic genre, its conceptions of family, and the role of religion in creating themes, symbols, and images. The setting of the Southern United States is examined through the problems pointed out by the use of the Southern Gothic and the changes these authors purport at the level of family construction and societal structures. The authors’ own biographies and their religious beliefs are used to inform analyses of each story that supports the necessity of change within Southern society and to define the solutions each author provides for moving away from the violence of the past and present.
Advisor
Kammer, Charles
Second Advisor
Maclean, Robert
Department
English; Religious Studies
Recommended Citation
Godbey, Eleanor K., "Our Father Who Art in Georgia: Case Studies of the Family and Christian Mythology in Southern Gothic Short Fiction" (2014). Senior Independent Study Theses. Paper 5923.
https://openworks.wooster.edu/independentstudy/5923
Disciplines
Arts and Humanities
Publication Date
2014
Degree Granted
Bachelor of Arts
Document Type
Senior Independent Study Thesis
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