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The Dilemma of Joseph Conrad: An Anti-colonialist Fighter or a Colonialist Advocator

Author: DongXiaoXia
Tutor: LiZhongHua
School: Ocean University of China
Course: English Language and Literature
Keywords: Heart of Darkness Postcolonialism Imperialism Colonialism
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Type: Master's thesis
Year: 2008
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Abstract

Joseph Conrad (1857-1924), a Polish-born British writer, his many critics hailed as one of the British modern eight writers. Study his works, such as the voluminous, are innumerable. Conrad rich life creation. The theme of the work is extremely extensive, involving many fields of human material life and spiritual life. Depending on the theme of his work can be roughly divided into three categories: nautical fiction jungle fiction and socio-political novel. \Sharp language in the novel, Conrad exposed and criticized the evil and hypocrisy of imperialism and colonialism, show a civilized and primitive opposition, and thus many critics have argued that the novel has a progressive significance beyond its era . However, in between the lines of the novel, Conrad inevitable showing a sense of superiority and pride of his living in the Western world, look with the eyes of a Westerner colonial vassal state and its people, exposed the mentality of a colonizer from the side reflects the conflicts hidden in the depths of their consciousness. This paper attempts to interpret the \Through a variety of analysis show that the novel exposing the evils of colonialism, colonial hypocrisy, greed and stupidity, etc., with the progress of the times. But by the time era of colonialism thought impossible to get rid of the potential in their consciousness. Mainly by the preface and five chapters: Introduction section introduces Conrad's background and the novel \The first part introduces several popular \The second part, the use of the point of view of the theory of colonialism works of post-colonial theme analysis, lashed by analyzing the background of the African continent and Marlowe to expose the hypocrisy and greed of colonialism, imperialism and colonialism. The third part, from the point of view of racial prejudice in the works, Mallory maintenance as well as of the library times duality of the three aspects of consciousness in the fantasy of imperialism and colonialism, revealing Conrad maintenance imperialism and colonialism the mentality of the ruling. The fourth part of the colonial consciousness duality causes, including the social roots of the cultural roots and personal experience. The fifth part, consolidated the basis of the foregoing analysis, concluded.

The Dilemma of Joseph Conrad: An Anti-colonialist Fighter or a Colonialist Advocator

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