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1、Frank OConnor My Oedipus ComplexFrank OConnor (17 September 1903 10 March 1966) was an Irish author of over 150 works. He was best known for his short stories and memoirsEarly lifeEarly lifeRaised an only child early life was marked by his fathers alcoholism and ill-treatment of his mother. childhoo
2、d was shaped in part by his mother, who supplied much of the familys income because his father was unable to keep steady employment due to his drunkenness. Irish Irish nationalismnationalism In 1918 joined the First Brigade of the Irish Republican Army(IRA)Irish Republican Army(IRA) and served in co
3、mbat during the Irish War of IndependenceIrish War of Independence. He opposed the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921 and joined the Anti-Treaty IRA during the Irish Civil War, working in a small propaganda unit in Cork City. He was one of twelve thousand Anti-Treaty combatants(战斗员) who were interned by the
4、 government of the new Irish Free State imprisonment being in Gormanston, County Meath between 1922 and 1923.Literary careerLiterary careerFollowing his release, took various positions- Irish teacher, theatre director, and librarian. In 1935, became a member of the Board of Directors of the Abbey Ab
5、bey bi Theatre(Theatre(阿贝剧院) ) in Dublin, founded by William Butler Yeats(William Butler Yeats(威廉威廉 巴特勒巴特勒 叶芝叶芝) ) and other members of the Irish National Theatre Society. In 1937, he became managing director of the Abbey. Following Yeats death in 1939, long-standing conflict with other board member
6、s came to a head and he left the Abbey later that year. In 1950, he accepted invitations to teach in the United States, where many of his short stories had been published in The New Yorker and won great acclaimWorkWorkOConnor was perhaps Irelands most complete man of letters(man of letters(文学文学家家) )
7、, best known for his varied and comprehensive short stories but also for his work as a literary criticliterary critic, essayistessayist, travel travel writerwriter, translatortranslator and biographerbiographer. He was also a novelistnovelist, poetpoet and dramatistdramatistWorkWorkFrom the 1930s to
8、 the 1960s he was a prolific writer of short stories, poems, plays, and novellas. His work as an Irish teacher complemented his plethora pler (extreme excess)(extreme excess) of translations into English of Irish poetry, including his initially banned translation of The Midnight CourtThe Midnight Co
9、urt. Many of OConnors writings were based on his own life experiences OConnors experiences in the Irish War of Independence and the Irish Civil War are reflected in The Big Fellow, his biography of Irish revolutionary leader Michael Collins, published in 1937, and one of his best-known short stories
10、, Guests of the Nation (1931), published in various forms during OConnors lifetime.WorkWorkOConnors early years are recounted in An Only ChildAn Only Child, a memoir published in 1961 which has the immediacy of a precocious (advanced) diary. OConnor continued his autobiography through his time with
11、the Abbey Abbey Theatre Theatre in Dublin, which ended in 1939, in his book, My Fathers SonMy Fathers Son, which was published in 1968, after his death.BibliographyBibliographyGuests of the NationMy Oedipus Complex The First ConfessionAn Only Child (autobiography) My Fathers Son (autobiography) The
12、Wild Birds Nest (translations from the Irish) The Little Monasteries (translations from the Irish) Kings, Lords, and Commons (translations from the Irish) Lament for Art OLeary (translation from the Irish) The Midnight Court (translation from the Irish) Christmas MorningThe Bridal Night The LuceysTh
13、e Long Road to Ummera The Big Fellow (biography of Michael Collins) The Drunkard The Saint and Mary Kate The Man of the World Irish Miles The Lonely VoiceThe One Toed Child Frank OConnor Collected Stories, edited by Richard Ellmann (Knopf Press 1981) ,biblirfi书目提要My Oedipus ComplexMy Oedipus Complex
14、“My Oedipus Complex” is a unique title for the story. Oedipus is a character in the Greek mythology. He was the son of Laius, King of Thebes, and Jocasta his wife. To avoid the fulfillment of the prophecy that he would murder his father and marry his mother, Oedipus was abandoned on the mountains so
15、on after birth and later adopted by the shepherd. Grown up, he unknowingly killed his father. Having solved the riddle of the Sphinx, he accordingly became the King of Thebes, and thus married Jocasta without the knowledge that she was his mother. When the facts came to light, Jocasta hanged herself
16、 and Oedipus tore out his eyesMy Oedipus ComplexMy Oedipus Complex“My Oedipus Complex” is a clever story about a young boy, Larry, who grows up in his own safe world with just himself and his mother. However, when his father returns from WWI, a man whom Larry hardly knows, it is a constant battle be
17、tween the two for the mothers love and attention. With great gentleness, OConnor depicts the important business of a small boy growing up and leaving the self-centered childhood world behindMy Oedipus ComplexMy Oedipus ComplexLanguage: vivid humorous full of imaginationMain clue: the boys opposition to his fatherTheme: disharmony between father and son loneliness of little children role of women is important Uniqueness: from a childs eye, direct, convincing, humorous and ironic.
