William Faulkner’s time art consists of the notion and the uses of time

among which the former refers to the views of time cultivated under the influence of the Southern culture; whereas the latter means the art of the relations among the past

the present and the future through Faulkner’s imagination and creation. Based on the self-consciousness

Lacan’s theory of subjectivity reflects the way that the self becomes subjectivity through the interaction between self and the Other as well as society and culture

providing a feasible

reliable and effective way to interpret Faulkner’s time art. With the help of Lacan’s subjectivity theory

it is clearly seen that Faulkner’s writing orientation in his works lies in the fact that the Southerners should set food on the present

never forgetting the past so as to have a bright future

indicating his great concerns about the past

the present and the future and providing the theoretical basis for the reader to appreciate Faulkner’s works.