عنوان

"When You Stop Pretending That You Know"

شماره

LA125605

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

"When You Stop Pretending That You Know"

نام عام مواد

[Article]

نام نخستين پديدآور

D. Marcel DeCoste

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

Increasingly addressing the religious dimension of Cormac McCarthy's work, critics have frequently rooted it in a Gnosticism which holds, first, that the world is a place of evil and suffering and, second, that salvation is attained through knowledge made available only to the elect. The Stonemason, however, seems intent on refuting just such a thesis. Focusing on Ben and his grandfather Papaw, a centenarian stonemason, the play presents Ben as seeking, through mastery of the mason's secrets, to become custodian to knowledge that will unlock the mysteries not just of a trade but of the cosmos. Yet this Gnostic quest fosters in him a moral negligence that leads to the deaths of two family members. Indeed, Ben's tragedy stems precisely from his Gnostic prizing of secret lore and indifference to the Christian lessons Papaw himself most values-lessons not in god-like knowledge but in the practice of faith, humility, and love. Increasingly addressing the religious dimension of Cormac McCarthy's work, critics have frequently rooted it in a Gnosticism which holds, first, that the world is a place of evil and suffering and, second, that salvation is attained through knowledge made available only to the elect. The Stonemason, however, seems intent on refuting just such a thesis. Focusing on Ben and his grandfather Papaw, a centenarian stonemason, the play presents Ben as seeking, through mastery of the mason's secrets, to become custodian to knowledge that will unlock the mysteries not just of a trade but of the cosmos. Yet this Gnostic quest fosters in him a moral negligence that leads to the deaths of two family members. Indeed, Ben's tragedy stems precisely from his Gnostic prizing of secret lore and indifference to the Christian lessons Papaw himself most values-lessons not in god-like knowledge but in the practice of faith, humility, and love.

تاريخ نشر

2021

توصيف ظاهري

125-146

عنوان

Religion and the Arts

شماره جلد

25/1-2

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

1568-5292

اصطلاح موضوعی

Art History

اصطلاح موضوعی

Christianity

اصطلاح موضوعی

Comparative Religion & Religious Studies

اصطلاح موضوعی

Cormac McCarthy

اصطلاح موضوعی

ethics

اصطلاح موضوعی

General

اصطلاح موضوعی

Gnosticism

اصطلاح موضوعی

History

اصطلاح موضوعی

Religious Studies

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

D. Marcel DeCoste

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/15685292-02501004

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y