约瑟夫·康拉德《黑暗的心》的新历史主义解读.docVIP

Li PAGE 3 Li ChiIntroduction to English Literature 29 November 2014 A New Historicist Reading of Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness 约瑟夫·康拉德《黑暗的心》的新历史主义解读 Abstract Joseph Conrad’s classical work Heart of Darkness is regarded as the first real modern novel in English literature, the most influential novella in the twentieth century. In the past thirty years, there have been arguments on Conrad’s political orientations reflected in the novella. In this thesis, the author applies the strategy of new historicism to analyze how Heart of Darkness interweaves with history, how it circulates with the thought of imperialism and how it subverts the thought. Key words: Joseph Conrad; Heart of Darkness; New Historicism; Circulation; Subversion 摘 要 约瑟夫·康拉德经典之作《黑暗的心》曾被认为是英国文学史上第一部真正的现代小说,二十世纪最具影响力的中篇小说。在过去三十年中，国内外学者对该作品中所反映的康拉德的政治立场持有不同观点。本文应用新历史主义理论，着重从历史与文本的相互作用的角度对这部作品进行解读，分析了康拉德的思想与当时社会主流思想的流通及其对帝国主义思想的颠覆。 关键词：约瑟夫·康拉德；《黑暗的心》；新历史主义； 流通；颠覆 Content TOC \o 1-3 \h \z \u Introduction 5 Chapter One A Brief Introduction to New Historicism 7 Chapter Two the Circulation of the Imperialist Views in Heart of Darkness 7 Chapter Three Subversion of the Imperialist Views in Heart of Darkness 9 2.1 The literary techniques used in the novella 9 2.1.1 The frame-narrative pattern 9 2.1.2 Symbolism 10 2.1.3 Simile and metaphor 15 2.1.4 Irony 17 2.2 The Function of the Subversion of the Imperialist Views in Heart of Darkness 17 Conclusion 20 Bibliography 22 Introduction Joseph Conrad is regarded as one of the greatest novelists in English. Many critics regard him as an important forerunner of Modernist literature. He wrote stories and novels, often with a nautical setting, that “depict trials of the human spirit in the midst of an indifferent universe” (“Encyclopedia Britannica” 133148). Conrad’s masterpiece Heart of Darkness records a story told by Captain Marlow. Marlow tells his own experience as an ivory transporter down Congo River in Centra