Satire of Secular Culture in O'Connor's Wise Blood
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Abstract
The present research work studies O'Connor'sWise Bloodas a satire
on secular American culture. In order to expose the satire, the study focuses
on the grotesque activities of thecharacters and the extensive use of animal
imagery in the text. It studies the symbolic significance of the
grotesqueness, eccentricity and animal imagery so as to expose spiritual
decline in human beings in modern times in America. The work has been
divided into four chapters. The first chapter gives a general introduction to
the work. The second chapter makes the study of satire and secularism. The
third chapter analyzes the text to reveal the satire that human beings are
turning into animalism in modern times. The fourth chapter is the
conclusion of the work.