포크너의 황야: 『내려가라, 모세여』를 중심으로
Faulkner's Wilderness: Go Down, Moses
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This study aims to reveal the connection between Ike McCaslin's view of wilderness and traditional American nature myth, and explore the fundamental cause of Ike McCaslin's failure from it. Traditionally, American wilderness has been idealized as a transcendental space with absolute purity beyond the flow of time and change. Ike's isolation is affected partly by inevitable social conditions, but fundamentally, his failure is based on the limitations of American nature myth. Ike wants to atone for his ancestors' sins and reset history by abandoning his inheritance in accordance with the pattern of American Jeremiad, whereby he intends to escape from the overwhelming change to wilderness and the Southern society. Although he acknowledges his ancestors' sins that they exploited the blacks and women and accepts the responsibility, he still sticks to the view that Southerners are considered as the chosen people by God. His belief is similar to most Southern writers' opinion that the South preserves the traditional value better than the other parts of America as the South is closer to nature. Such a belief is derived from American nature myth. However, as wilderness is not exempt from time and change and cannot guarantee the absolute purity and goodness which are not contaminated by civilization, Ike's decision fails to provide him with ultimate redemption and he is forced to be isolated. Therefore, Faulkner reveals the falsehood of American nature myth and considers nature as a space with the social and historical contexts through Ike's failure and his limitation.
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This study aims to reveal the connection between Ike McCaslin's view of wilderness and traditional American nature myth, and explore the fundamental cause of Ike McCaslin's failure from it. Traditionally, American wilderness has been idealized as a transcendental space with absolute purity beyond the flow of time and change. Ike's isolation is affected partly by inevitable social conditions, but fundamentally, his failure is based on the limitations of American nature myth. Ike wants to atone for his ancestors' sins and reset history by abandoning his inheritance in accordance with the pattern of American Jeremiad, whereby he intends to escape from the overwhelming change to wilderness and the Southern society. Although he acknowledges his ancestors' sins that they exploited the blacks and women and accepts the responsibility, he still sticks to the view that Southerners are considered as the chosen people by God. His belief is similar to most Southern writers' opinion that the South preserves the traditional value better than the other parts of America as the South is closer to nature. Such a belief is derived from American nature myth. However, as wilderness is not exempt from time and change and cannot guarantee the absolute purity and goodness which are not contaminated by civilization, Ike's decision fails to provide him with ultimate redemption and he is forced to be isolated. Therefore, Faulkner reveals the falsehood of American nature myth and considers nature as a space with the social and historical contexts through Ike's failure and his limitation.
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