Judgment Day

E381598

"Judgment Day" is a short story by Flannery O’Connor that explores themes of race, identity, and redemption through a Southern Gothic lens.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Judgment Day canonical 6
The Judgment Day 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf short story ⓘ
author Flannery O’Connor ⓘ
linked to: Flannery O'Connor
centralConflict an elderly white Southerner’s struggle with exile from his Southern home ⓘ
racial tension between a white Southerner and a Black neighbor ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
explores Catholic notions of grace ⓘ
moral responsibility ⓘ
the clash between rural and urban values ⓘ
the legacy of the American South’s racial history ⓘ
genre Southern Gothic ⓘ
short fiction ⓘ
hasCharacter African American neighbor ⓘ
Tanner ⓘ
Tanner’s daughter ⓘ
hasStyle dark humor ⓘ
irony ⓘ
realist detail ⓘ
religious symbolism ⓘ
hasTitle Judgment Day ⓘ
literaryMovement Southern Gothic literature ⓘ
linked to: Southern Gothic
literaryPeriod 20th-century American literature ⓘ
mainTheme Southern racism ⓘ
death ⓘ
displacement ⓘ
human dignity ⓘ
identity ⓘ
race ⓘ
redemption ⓘ
the afterlife ⓘ
motif body versus spirit ⓘ
journey home ⓘ
judgment and salvation ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOf Flannery O’Connor’s late short fiction ⓘ
setting American South ⓘ
workOfAuthor Flannery O’Connor ⓘ
linked to: Flannery O'Connor

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

God’s Trombones → hasPart → The Judgment Day ⓘ
linked to: Judgment Day
Judgment Day → hasTitle → Judgment Day ⓘ
Christ III → focusesOn → Judgment Day ⓘ
Profanations → hasEssay → Judgment Day ⓘ
My Lord, What a Morning → lyricTheme → Judgment Day ⓘ