提起20世纪上半叶享有“南方‘圣经地带’怪诞灵魂写手”之誉的美国南方著名女作家弗兰纳里·奥康纳,便不由地使人联想起其作品中神秘、浓重的宗教意绪、丑陋怪诞的畸形人物、惊骇迷惑的故事情节、冷面超然的幽默况味和病态暴力的阴冷氛围。评论界也往往按照既定的神学、政治标准和阅读思维定式审视其小说,大多局限于其作品的宗教情结、哥特式怪诞、暴力救赎主题、社会批判等视角对其进行阐读,从而形成了模式化的批评视界。然而,拨开已有认知层面的色彩会发现,在这些维度内,还涌动着另一股隐秘的 Mention Flannery O’Connor, a well-known writer in the South of the United States who enjoyed the reputation of the “weird soul writer” in the “Bible Land of the South” in the first half of the 20th century, reminded me of the mysterious and heavy Religious sentiment, ugly grotesque freaks, horrified and confusing storylines, grim humor and the chilly atmosphere of morbid violence. Critics also tend to examine their novels in accordance with the established theology, political standards and reading style, mostly confined to the religious complex of their works, Gothic grotesque, the theme of violence redemption, social criticism and other perspectives to interpret them, resulting in Modeled critical horizons. However, turning aside the color of the cognitive level already found in these dimensions, but also surging another secret