Fertility and Untranslatability in Flannery O’Connor’s “Greenleaf”

This paper attempts to explore the female melancholic subject’s failed memorization and mourning in relation to the dead person in Flannery O’Connor’s story “Greenleaf.” Jean Laplanche considers mourning to be the subject’s translations, de-translations, and retranslations of the other person’s unco...

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Main Author: Peng Yao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The International Academic Forum 2017-01-01
Series:IAFOR Journal of Ethics, Religion & Philosophy
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Online Access:https://iafor.org/journal/iafor-journal-of-ethics-religion-and-philosophy/volume-3-issue-1/article-3/