Abstract
This paper presents the way in which Flannery O`Connor, who was tagged as one of the most important Southern female writers in the post-war America, succeeded in depicting a world full of contrast, by showing how the materialism of modern society shows the major themes of redemption and the grotesque. Wise Blood is Flannery O’Conner’s first novel and since its publication, it has always been regarded as a difficult work to understand because of its religious themes, darkness, absurd plot, gothic horror and grotesque characters such as repulsive, wicked and unredeemable. In this novel she puts stress on massacre, insanity, estrangement and redemption. As a writer overflowing with a very strong sense of social responsibility and Catholic Beliefs, O’Connor dares to disclose the vices and virtues or sins and evils, and ways of salvation of the modern people. This work also examines the implication of human existence from a Christian point of view, philosophical themes and commercialized world overflowing with social corruption, spiritual blindness and moral decline. KeywordsGrotesque, materialism, modern prosperity, modern world and spirituality.
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