毕业论文关键词：弗兰克·奥康纳；《异乡客》；人物塑造；宗教观；战争

Contents

1. Introduction 1

1.1 Brief Introduction of Frank O'Connor and His Works 1

1.2 Literature Review 1

1.3 Significance of This Study 4

1.4 Structure of the Paper 4

2. Religious Ideas Embodied in the Characterization in “Guests of the Nation” 5

2.1 Jeremiah Donovan: A Hard-hearted Catholic 5

2.1.1 Jeremiah Donovan as a Cold-blooded Catholic 5

2.1.2 Jeremiah Donovan as a Hypocritical Catholic 5

2.2 Belcher and Hawkins: Non-believers 6

2.2.1 Belcher as a Holy Non-believer 7

2.2.2 Hawkins as an Affectionate Non-believer 7

2.3 Bonaparte, Noble and the Old Woman: Impotent Catholics 8

2.3.1 Bonaparte, Noble and the Old Woman as Devout Catholics 8

2.3.2 Bonaparte, Noble and the Old Woman as Impotent Catholics 9

3. Frank O'Connor：a Critical Non- believer 11

3.1 Formation of Frank O'Connor’s View on Religion 11

3.2 Frank O'Connor’s Criticism of Religion 11

4. Conclusion 12

References 13 

1. Introduction 

1.1 Brief Introduction of Frank O'Connor and His Works

Regarded as one of the greatest short-story writers of all time, Frank O'Connor (1903-1966)  was also a literary critic, essayist, travel writer, translator, biographer, novelist, poet, dramatist and self-taught genius. It is unanimous that he was perhaps Ireland’s most complete man of letter.

Frank O’Connor was born in Cork, Ireland and named as Michael O’ Donovan. Born into a poor family, he was aware that the only way to get him out of his horrifying family life, where constant battle and conflicts with his father existed every day, was to become educated. Writing,  which can be regarded as his second job, was always a passion for Frank O’Connor. His talent cranked out more than 150 short stories, plays, novels, poetry and two autobiographies before the end of his life. Among his works, more than 70 of short stories related to Irish family life and a majority of them related to his own life and experiences.“Guests of the Nation” was one of those stories. 

When O’Connor was sixteen years old, he joined First Brigade of the Irish Republic Army. As a member of Irish Republican Army, he felt that he represented the country in a justifiable way. O’ Connor’s experiences in the Irish War of Independence and the Irish Civil War are vividly reflected in The Big Fellow (1937). Published in 1937, as O’ Connor’s biography, it talks about the story of a young man Michael Collins eventually becoming a respected Irish revolutionary leader. Nowadays, over three decades after his death, O' Connor's works are still as popular as ever. Yeats reviews like that, “The contribution made by Frank O'Connor to Ireland is as big as that made by Chekhov to Russia"(qtd. in Yan and Jia, 2009). 源^自·吹冰|文\论]文'网[www.chuibin.com