Disjunctive ambiguity and the performance of Flannery O'connor's “the displaced person”

Abstract

Narrative ambiguity, a concept which has only recently achieved prominence in literary criticism, has important implications for the performance of literature. This essay explores disjunctive narrative ambiguity and how it differs from other, similar literary devices. Specifically, this essay suggests group and solo performance techniques that can preserve and, in many cases, feature the disjunctive ambiguity in Flanner O'Connor's “The Displaced Person.”