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1、美国名人小说家弗兰纳里奥康纳Flannery0,Connorz1925-1964:SheToldStoriesAboutPeopleLivinginSmallTownsintheAmericanSouthplaystopmutemaxvolume00:00-15:36repeatByRichardThorman2008-7-5VOICEONE:mShirleyGriffith.VOICETWO:AndmRayFreemanwiththeVOASpecialEnglishprogram,PeopleinAmerica.Today,wetellaboutwriterFlanneryOConnor.

2、(MUSIC)VOICEONE:FlanneryOConnor1.ateinherlifesomeoneaskedtheAmericanwriterFlanneryOConnorwhyshewrote.Shesaid,BecauseIamgoodatit.,Shewasgood.Yet,shewasnotalwaysasgoodawriterasshebecame.Sheimprovedbecauseshelistenedtoothers.Shechangedherstories.Shere-wrotethem,thenre-wrotethemagain,alwaysworkingtoimpr

3、ovewhatshewascreating.Flanneryhadalwayswantedtobeawriter.AftershegraduatedfromGeorgiaStateCollegeforwomen,sheaskedtobeacceptedatawritingprogramattheStateUniversityofIowa.Theheadoftheschoolfounditdifficulttounderstandhersouthernspeech.Heaskedhertowritewhatshewanted.Thenheaskedtoseesomeexamplesofherwo

4、rk.Hesawimmediatelythatthewritingwasfullofimaginationandbrightwithknowledge,likeFlanneryOConnorherself.VOICETWO:MaryFlanneryOConnorwasbornMarchtwenty-fifth,nineteentwenty-five,inthesoutherncityofSavannah,Georgia.Theyearshewasborn,herfatherdevelopedararediseasecalledlupus.Hediedofthediseaseinnineteen

5、forty-one.BythattimethefamilywaslivinginthesmallsoutherntownofMilledgeville,Georgia,inahouseownedbyFlannerysmother.1.ifeinasmalltownintheAmericanSouthwaswhatOConnorknewbest.Yetshesaid,Ifyouknowwhoyouare,youcangoanywhere.,VOICEONE:ManypeopleinthetownofMilledgevillethoughtshewasdifferentfromothergirls

6、.Shewaskindtoeveryone,butsheseemedtostandtoonesideofwhatwashappening,asifshewantedtoseeitbetter.Hermotherwasherexample.Hermothersaid,Iwasbroughtuptobenicetoeveryoneandnottotellmybusinesstoanyone.Flanneryalsodidnottalkaboutherself.Butinherwritingasilentanddistantangerexplodesfromthequietsurfaceofhers

7、tories.SomeseeherasaRomanCatholicreligiouswriter.TheyseeherangerasthesearchtosavehermoralbeingthroughherbeliefinJesusChrist.OthersdonotdenyherRomanCatholicreligiousbeliefs.Yettheyseehernotwritingaboutthings,butpresentingthethingsthemselves.VOICETWO:WhensheleftthewritingprogramatIowaStateUniversitysh

8、ewasinvitedtojoinagroupofwritersattheYaddowriterscolony.YaddoisatSaratogaSpringsinNewYorkstate.Itprovidesasmallgroupofwriterswithahomeandaplacetoworkforashorttime.Thefollowingyear,nineteenforty-nine,shemovedtoNewYorkCity.ShesoonleftthecityandlivedwithherfriendRobertFitzgeraldandhisfamilyinthenorthea

9、sternstateofConnecticut.FitzgeraldsaysO1Connorneededtobealonetoworkduringtheday.Andsheneededherfriendstotalktowhenherworkwasdone.(MUSIC)VOICEONE:Whilewritingherfirstnovel,WiseBlood,shewasstrickenwiththediseaselupusthathadkilledherfather.Thetreatmentforlupusweakenedher.ShemovedbacktoGeorgiaandlivedth

10、erestofherlifewithhermotheronafarmoutsideMilledgeville.OConnorwasstillabletowrite,travel,andgivespeeches.WiseBloodappearedinnineteenfifty-two.BothitandOConnorssecondnovel,TheViolentBearitAway,areaboutayoungmangrowingup.Inbothbookstheyoungmenareunwillingtoaccepttheworktheyweremostfittodo.1.ikeallofFl

11、anneryOConnorswriting,thebookisfilledwithhumorzevenwhenhermeaningisserious.Itshowsthemixofatraditionalworldwithamodernworld.Italsoshowsabattleofideasexpressedinthesimple,countrytalkthatOConnorknewverywell.VOICETWO:InWiseBlood,ayoungman,HazelMoteszleavestheArmybutfindshishometownempty.Hefleestoacity,

12、lookingforaplacetobe.Onthetrain,heannouncesthathedoesnotbelieveinJesusChrist.HesayszIwouldntevenifheexisted.Evenifhewasonthistrain.Hismovingtothecityisanattempttomoveawayfromthenaturalworldandbecomeathing,amachine.Hedecidesthatallhecanknowiswhathecantouchandsee.Intheend,however,hedestroyshisphysical

13、sightsothathemaytrulysee,becausehesaysthatwhenhehadeyeshewasblind.CriticssayhisactionseemstoshowthatheisnolongerwillingtodenytheexistenceofJesusbutnowiswillingtofollowhimintothedark.Thenovelreceivedhighpraisefromcritics.Itdidnotbecomepopularwiththepublic,however.VOICEONE:OConnorssecondnovel,TheViole

14、ntBearitAway,waspublishedinnineteensixty.LikeWiseBlood,itisastoryaboutayoungmanlearningtodealwithlife.Thebookopenswiththeyoungman,FrancisMarionTarwaterzrefusingtodothetwothingshisgrandfatherhadorderedhimtodo.Thesearetoburytheoldmandeepintheground,andtobringreligiontohisunclesmentallysickchild.Instea

15、d,Tarwaterburnsthehousewherehisgrandfatherdiedandletsthementallysickchilddrownduringareligiousceremony.VOICETWO:CriticssayTarwatersviolencecomesfromhisattempttofindtruthbydenyingreligion.Intheend,however,heacceptsthathehasbeentouchedbyadeeperforce,theforceofthewordofGod,andhemustacceptthatword.Botho

16、fOConnorsnovelsexplorethelongmomentoffearwhenayoungmanmustchoosebetweenthedifficultiesofgrowingupandthesafeworldofachild.(MUSIC)VOICEONE:FlanneryOConnorisatleastaswellknownforherstoriesasforhernovels.Herfirstbookofstories,AGoodManisHardtoFind,appearedinnineteenfifty-five.InitshedealswithmanyoftheideasshewroteaboutinWiseBlood,suchasthesearchforJesusChr