I also want to give another layer to this understanding of O'Connor as a religious writer by looking at what she said in her correspondence to one of her readers who asked her some questions, and this is on the handout that I passed around.

我还想给大家另一层,理解这位宗教作家的方式,那就是去看她,回复一位读者问题的信件，这在我发给大家的材料上有。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

Professor Amy Hungerford: Okay. So, you're suggestion is that ; what's so disturbing about this is that we actually like this guy; now, I asked you this question about O'Connor's characters -would you like to sit down to dinner with any of them?

好的，所以你的建议是,我们之所以被扰乱，是因为我们实际上喜欢这个角色;,现在，我问你们一个关于O’Conor的角色的问题,你们愿意和那些角色一起共进晚餐吗？

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选