| 摘要 | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-11页 |
| 1 Introduction | 第11-16页 |
| ·Flannery O'Connor and her literary works | 第11-12页 |
| ·Literature review on Flannery O'Connor's literary works | 第12-15页 |
| ·A brief introduction of this thesis | 第15-16页 |
| 2 O'Connor's Patterns of Violence Presentation | 第16-30页 |
| ·Definition of violence | 第16-17页 |
| ·Various patterns of violence presentation | 第17-30页 |
| ·Grotesques foreshadowing violence | 第17-22页 |
| ·Sudden violence with abrupt endings | 第22-25页 |
| ·Death:an extreme outcome of violence | 第25-30页 |
| 3 Causes of Abundant Violence in Flannery O'Connor's Short Stories | 第30-41页 |
| ·Socio-culturalcauses | 第30-36页 |
| ·The tradition of violence in American literature | 第30-32页 |
| ·Justifications of O'Connor's employment of violence | 第32-36页 |
| ·Psychological Elements | 第36-41页 |
| ·Anxiety—psychological representation of modernity | 第36-38页 |
| ·Loneliness—the product of broken familial bond | 第38-41页 |
| 4 Functions of Violence in O'Connor's Short Stories | 第41-51页 |
| ·Revealing Absurdity | 第41-43页 |
| ·Absurdity:the essence of modern life | 第41-43页 |
| ·Absurdity revealed in violence | 第43页 |
| ·Enlightening Spirit | 第43-47页 |
| ·Violent means and Christian ends | 第43-44页 |
| ·O'Connor-styled baptism by violence | 第44-47页 |
| ·Illustrating existential consciousness | 第47-51页 |
| ·Individuals seeking meaning in a meaningless world | 第47-49页 |
| ·O'Connor's characters' quest for meaning of existence | 第49-51页 |
| 5 Conclusion | 第51-54页 |
| Bibliography | 第54-57页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第57页 |
