Flannery O'Connor.

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This course allows students to gain an understanding of and appreciation for the works of Flannery O’Connor. Students will consider several crucial aspects of her work that contribute to its importance: the power of storytelling, the South, post WWII literature, personal illness, a sense of the comic, use of the grotesque, and vital Catholic faith. The class also includes a general introduction to extant literary critical approaches to O’Connor’s work.