美国名人 女作家 弗兰纳里·奥康纳.docx

美国名人女作家弗兰纳里奥康纳GreatWriters:FlanneryO'ConnorToldofSmall-TownLifeintheSouthplaystopmutemaxvolume00:00-15:37repeatByRichardThorman2005-7-9(MUSIC)VOICEONE:mShirleyGriffith.VOICETWO:AndmRayFreemanwiththeVOASpecialEnglishprogram,PeopleinAmerica."Today,wetellaboutwriterFlanneryO'Connor.(MUSIC)VOICEONE:1.ateinherlifesomeoneaskedtheAmericanwriterFlanneryO'Connorwhyshewrote.Shesaid,"BecauseIamgoodatit.,Shewasgood.Yet,shewasnotalwaysasgoodawriterasshebecame.Sheimprovedbecauseshelistenedtoothers.Shechangedherstories.Shere-wrotethem,thenre-wrotethemagain,alwaysworkingtoimprovewhatshewascreating.Flanneryhadalwayswantedtobeawriter.AftershegraduatedfromGeorgiaStateCollegeforwomen,sheaskedtobeacceptedatawritingprogramattheStateUniversityofIowa.Theheadoftheschoolfounditdifficulttounderstandhersouthernspeech.Heaskedhertowritewhatshewanted.Thenheaskedtoseesomeexamplesofherwork.Hesawimmediatelythatthewritingwasfullofimaginationandbrightwithknowledge,likeFlanneryO'Connorherself.VOICETWO:MaryFlanneryO'ConnorwasbornMarchtwenty-fifth,nineteentwenty-five,inthesoutherncityofSavannah,Georgia.Theyearshewasborn,herfatherdevelopedararediseasecalledlupus.Hediedofthediseaseinnineteenforty-one.BythattimethefamilywaslivinginthesmallsoutherntownofMilledgeville,Georgia,inahouseownedbyFlannery'smother.1.ifeinasmalltownintheAmericanSouthwaswhatO'Connorknewbest.Yetshesaid,"Ifyouknowwhoyouarezyoucangoanywhere.,VOICEONE:ManypeopleinthetownofMilledgevillethoughtshewasdifferentfromothergirls.Shewaskindtoeveryone,butsheseemedtostandtoonesideofwhatwashappening,as讦shewantedtoseeitbetter.Hermotherwasherexample.Hermothersaid,"Iwasbroughtuptobenicetoeveryoneandnottotellmybusinesstoanyone."Flanneryalsodidnottalkaboutherself.Butinherwritingasilentanddistantangerexplodesfromthequietsurfaceofherstories.SomeseeherasaRomanCatholicreligiouswriter.TheyseeherangerasthesearchtosavehermoralbeingthroughherbeliefinJesusChrist.OthersdonotdenyherRomanCatholicreligiousbeliefs.Yettheyseehernotwritingaboutthings,butpresentingthethingsthemselves.VOICETWO:WhensheleftthewritingprogramatIowaStateUniversityshewasinvitedtojoinagroupofwritersattheYaddowriters'colony.YaddoisatSaratogaSpringsinNewYorkstate.Itprovidesasmallgroupofwriterswithahomeandaplacetoworkforashorttime.Thefollowingyear,nineteenforty-nine,shemovedtoNewYorkCity.ShesoonleftthecityandlivedwithherfriendRobertFitzgeraldandhisfamilyinthenortheasternstateofConnecticut.FitzgeraldsaysO1Connorneededtobealonetoworkduringtheday.Andsheneededherfriendstotalktowhenherworkwasdone.(MUSIC)VOICEONE:Whilewritingherfirstnovel,"WiseBlood",shewasstrickenwiththedisease,lupus,thathadkilledherfather.Thetreatmentforlupusweakenedher.ShemovedbacktoGeorgiaandlivedtherestofherlifewithhermotheronafarmoutsideMilledgeville.O'Connorwasstillabletowrite,travel,andgivespeeches."WiseBlood"appearedinnineteenfifty-two.BothitandO'Connor'ssecondnovel,"TheViolentBearitAwayz"areaboutayoungmangrowingup.Inbothbookstheyoungmenareunwillingtoaccepttheworktheyweremostfittodo.1.ikeallofFlanneryO'Connor'swriting,thebookisfilledwithhumorzevenwhenhermeaningisserious.Itshowsthemixofatraditionalworldwithamodernworld.Italsoshowsabattleofideasexpressedinthesimple,countrytalkthatO'Connorknewverywell.VOICETWO:In"WiseBlood",ayoungman,HazelMotes,leavestheArmybutfindshishometownempty.Hefleestoacity,lookingfor"aplacetobe."Onthetrain,heannouncesthathedoesnotbelieveinJesusChrist.Hesays,"Iwouldn'tevenifheexisted.Evenifhewasonthistrain."Hismovingtothecityisanattempttomoveawayfromthenaturalworldandbecomeathing,amachine.Hedecidesthatallhecanknowiswhathecantouchandsee.Intheend,however,hedestroyshisphysicalsightsothathemaytrulysee,becausehesaysthatwhenhehadeyeshewasblind.CriticssayhisactionseemstoshowthatheisnolongerwillingtodenytheexistenceofJesusbutnowiswillingtofollowhimintothedark.Thenovelreceivedhighpraisefromcritics.Itdidnotbecomepopularwiththepublic,however.VOICEONE:O'Connor'ssecondnovel,"TheViolentBearitAway,"waspublishedinnineteensixty.Like"WiseBlood,"itisastoryaboutayoungmanlearningtodealwithlife.Thebookopenswiththeyoungman,FrancisMarionTarwaterzrefusingtodothetwothingshisgrandfatherhadorderedhimtodo.Thesearetoburytheoldmandeepintheground,andtobringreligiontohisuncle'smentallysickchild.Instead,Tarwaterburnsthehousewherehisgrandfatherdiedandletsthementallysickchilddrownduringareligiousceremony.VOICETWO:CriticssayTarwater'sviolencecomesfromhisattempttofindtruthbydenyingreligion.Intheend,however;heacceptsthathehasbeentouchedbyadeeperforce,theforceofthewordofGodzandhemustacceptthatword.BothofO'Connor'snovelsexplorethelongmomentoffearwhenayoungmanmustchoosebetweenthedifficultiesofgrowingupandthesafeworldofachild.(MUSIC)VOICEONE:FlanneryO'Connorisatleastaswellknownforherstoriesasforhernovels.Herfirstbookofstories,"AGoodManisHardtoFind,"appearedinnineteenfifty-five.Initshedealswithmanyoftheideasshewroteaboutin"WiseBlood,"suchasthesearchforJesusChrist.Inmanyofthestoriesthereisaconf