Abstract
Lack of religious sense in twentieth century made so many writers to object to the situation. One of these writers who had devoted a very challenging criticism to himself is Graham Greene. In criticizing Greene’s novels there has always been an argument that Is there any relationship between his novels and his personal life? In this article the role of Catholicism Graham Greene’s works and his own personal life has been examined. In order observe such a role we need a very detailed examination of Greene’s life, his personal letters, his conversations and his works. According to so many critics the close relationship between Greene’s life and his works is not ignorable. So by applying Biographical Criticism on Graham Greene it is obvious that about this writer the death of author does not work. The prominent figure of the writer seems to be present in each story and each action.
Highlights
One of the important issues discussed in twentieth century literature was religion and its role in literature
It was in the twentieth century that Graham Greene objected to the lack of moral values in English Literature
Greene sympathizes with Ida because he believes in the idea that God forgives every one and those committing sin are to be forgiven sooner than others because he thinks that God who is kind cannot destroy human beings and send all to hell. This novel is discussed in an article titled " The Ambivalent Catholic Modernity of Graham Greene's Brighton Rock and The Power and the Glory" Karl O'Hanlon writes that 'the religious sense' emerged from Graham Greene's Catholicism provides the basis for the critique of the ethics of the modernity in his novels Brighton Rock (1938) and The Power and the Glory (1940)
Summary
One of the important issues discussed in twentieth century literature was religion and its role in literature. Greene sympathizes with Ida because he believes in the idea that God forgives every one and those committing sin are to be forgiven sooner than others because he thinks that God who is kind cannot destroy human beings and send all to hell This novel is discussed in an article titled " The Ambivalent Catholic Modernity of Graham Greene's Brighton Rock and The Power and the Glory" Karl O'Hanlon writes that 'the religious sense' emerged from Graham Greene's Catholicism provides the basis for the critique of the ethics of the modernity in his novels Brighton Rock (1938) and The Power and the Glory (1940). " In Brighton Rock, Graham Greene explores the way in which Christian agape is substituted in modernity by, on the other hand, dutiful adherence to abstract, rational law, and on the other hand a subjectivist ethics based on sensibility."
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