Date of Award
2016
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
M.A. in Modern Languages
Department
Modern Languages
First Advisor
Allison Burkette
Second Advisor
Donald Dyer
Third Advisor
Christopher Sapp
Relational Format
dissertation/thesis
Abstract
Flannery O’Connor is known for her widely read and loved short stories. By employing sociolinguistic, quantitative, qualitative, and corpus linguistic methods along with R Studio to gather data about literary dialect utilized in Flannery O’Connor’s short stories “Good Country People” and “The Lame Shall Enter First”, I argue that not only was O’Connor a gifted author in her portrayal of African American English and Southern English, but that her writing was also accurate in comparison to language use in the South. The findings suggest that O’Connor’s characters were true to life in the Southern US at the time of her writing and further lend credence to arguments of literary critics who applaud her strength in writing.
Recommended Citation
Kuiper, Katherine Ireland, "Literary Dialect In Flannery O'Connor's "The Lame Shall Enter First" And "Good Country People"" (2016). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 698.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/etd/698
Concentration/Emphasis
Emphasis: Languages, Specialization: German