BİR İNCELEME ÇALIŞMASI: FLANNERY O’CONNOR’IN A GOOD MAN IS HARD TO FIND ESERİNDE PERSONA VE GÖLGE ARKETİPLERİ

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Flannery O’Connor’ın A Good Man is Hard to Find adlı eseri, Carl Gustav Jung’un arketip teorisi çerçevesinde, özellikle Persona ve Gölge arketipleri üzerinden analiz edilecektir. Büyükanne, ahlaki bir maske takarak kusurlarını gizleyen Persona arketipini temsil ederken, Misfit karakteri, insan doğasının rahatsız edici gerçekleriyle yüzleşen Gölge arketipini simgeler. Bu iki karakterin etkileşimi, görünüş ile gerçeklik arasındaki gerilimi gözler önüne serer. Jungcu kavramlar ışığında, bu çalışma O’Connor’ın sahte ahlak anlayışını nasıl eleştirdiğini ve iyi ve kötü kavramlarının karmaşıklığını nasıl sorguladığını incelemeyi amaçlamaktadır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Carl Gustav Jung
• Persona Arketipi
• Gölge Arketipi
• Flannery O’Connor

A REVIEW STUDY: THE PERSONA AND THE SHADOW ARCHETYPES IN FLANNERY O’CONNOR’S A GOOD MAN IS HARD TO FIND

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Flannery O’Connor’s A Good Man is Hard to Find will be analyzed through Carl Gustav Jung’s archetypal theory, particularly the Persona and the Shadow. While the Grandmother represents the Persona, hiding her flaws behind a mask of morality, the Misfit embodies the Shadow archetype, confronting disturbing truths about human nature. The interaction between these two characters highlights the tension between what is on the surface, namely appearance, and reality. By applying Jungian concepts, this paper aims to explore how O’Connor critiques false morality and challenges the complexity of the good and the evil.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Carl Gustav Jung
• Persona Archetype
• Shadow Archetype
• Flannery O’Connor

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