The Source of Faulkner's Essential Image, "Time is Christ" in Reference to Jeremy Taylor
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Up until now I have been endeavoring to explore Faulkner's concept of time in parallel with his search for a Christ figure and have come to see that his theological system is summarized as "Time is Christ" which Faulkner marvelously proved in his The Sound and the Fury by paralleling time with Christ. Furthermore, though no one has ever pointed it out, I argue that Faulkner was greatly influenced by Jeremy Taylor, a seventeenth-century Anglican bishop and writer whose Holy Living and Holy Dying was one of Faulkner's favorite books, and he even had it on his bedside table when hospitalized. I have argued that Faulkner's characteristic theological concepts, the emphasis on free will and his obsession with a Christ figure, are derived from the influence of Jeremy Taylor by explaining that Faulkner's strong belief in man's efficacy is formed through the influence of Taylor's practical piety which considers Christ as the Great Exemplar. And by proving Faulkner's belief that the essence of time is Christ, I have also explained that Faulkner shares his teleological concept of time with Taylor rather than Bergson who is believed to have influenced Faulkner greatly. Thus I have proved the verity of Faulkner's image, "Time is Christ" in reference to Jeremy Taylor. And furthermore, exploring the source of the unique vision of "Time is Christ," I came to know the influence of Cabala. If Cabala is understood as a unique way to express the vision of a hidden God and Taylor's affinities with it, it is not totally wrong to say that Faulkner's "Time is Christ" is his own Cabalistic vision influenced by Taylor so as to express his hidden God. Consequently, I have shown Faulkner's coherent theological system; "Time is Christ" and its source in reference to Jeremy Taylor.
- 2006-03-15
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