Studijní obor:Anglický jazyk - specializace v pedagogice
Abstrakt:
The main aim of this bachelor thesis is to provide an analysis of Flannery O‟Connor‟s
selected short stories in terms of her
negative depiction of city life and the depiction of
country life as a place of religious awakening
. T
he
characters living in particular areas
will
also be
dealt with
.
The
s
ocio
-
historical context of the American South and the changes which
the Southern society was
undergoing
in the twentieth century are introduced in the first part of
the paper. The second part provides the analyses of the selected short stories
,
focusing
on
the
depiction of the rural and urban environments
and their inhabitants
. The satirical features
in
the behaviour of the characters
living in
cities
are analysed
,
and
the problems of modern
American society are pointed out.
