The Heart of Darkness.doc

宁波大红鹰学院 2014-2015学年第一学期 2012级英语专业《英美文学》 期末考试大作业答题纸（A卷） 班级：12英语3班 姓名： 韩小珍 学号： 1241030309 评 价 内 容 Organization Argumentation Word Choice, Grammar, and Language Style Mechanics Total Scores 分值 10 50 30 10 100 得分 Masculinism: The Explanation to the Theme in Heart Of Darkness Introduction Heart of Darkness (1899) is a short novel written by Polish novelist Joseph Conrad, written as a frame narrative, about Charles Marlows experience as an ivory transporter down the Congo River in Central Africa. The story is a complex exploration of the beliefs people hold on what constitutes a barbarian versus a civilized society and the stance on colonialism and racism that was part and parcel of European imperialism. Originally published as a three-part serial story, in Blackwood’s Magazine, Heart of Darkness has been variously published and translated into many languages. In 1998, the Modern Library ranked Heart of Darkness as the sixty-seventh of the hundred best novels in English of the twentieth century. Besides, it recognized as the 20th century classic literary, depicts the colonialist’s mentality like shinning onion’s incisively and vividly. The book has a distinctive modernist features, the author Conrad used Marlowe as a narrator, let him as memories appear in the story, his account through the past and present, between himself, Kurtz and audience. To share his emotions with readers. Conrad alternated a narrative Angle, created a new narrative mode, instead of the traditional linear narrative method. In my opinion, Conrad acknowledged that Heart of Darkness was in part based on his own experiences during his travels in Africa. I looked up some information about the author, in 1890, at the age of 31, Conrad was appointed by a Belgian trading company to serve as the captain of a steamer on the Congo River. Conrad, who was born in Poland and later settled in England, had eagerly anticipated the voyage, having decided to become a sailor at an early age