KnowraFlannery O'ConnorLinked fromLinked fromThe 6 pages that link to Flannery O'Connor, each with the reason it gives.All 6Related 6Southern GothicRelated: Her stories use shock and comic distortion to test characters’ claims to grace.Southern literatureRelated: Her fiction gives the region’s Catholic presence a distinctive place within its Protestant cultural landscape.University of IowaRelated: She studied at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, linking the university to another major American writer.American short storyRelated: Her stories combine violent turns with theological questions about grace and moral blindness.Joyce Carol OatesRelated: Oates has written about O’Connor’s fiction and its unsettling treatment of violence.Walker PercyRelated: Her Catholic fiction offers a close comparison for Percy’s treatment of faith and the South.