Joseph

Conrad

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ConradEarlylife1Merchant-marinecareer2Literarycareer3Nurturedbyhisparents.(1857-1869)EarlylifeTakencareofbyhisuncle(1869-1873)Joseph

ConradJoseph

ConradEarlylife(1857-1869)bornon3December,1857/Berdichev(in

Podolia,apartofmodern

Ukraine

thathadbelongedtotheKingdomofPoland)hisparents--thePolish

nobilitythefather'sattemptsatfarmingandhispoliticalactivismmovedrepeatedly.(May1861

Warsaw,hisfather’simprisonment

WarsawCitadel/

9May1862

Vologda/January1863Chernihiv/1867,the

Austrian-held

part

of

Poland/on20February1869theymovedto

Kraków

)Earlylife(1857-1869)on18April1865Ewa（hismother)diedoftuberculosis(肺結核）on23May1869,Apoll(hisfather)died,leavingConradorphanedattheageofelevenHisfather/home-schoolConrad/encouraged/readwidelyinPolishandFrench.PoliticalturmoildisturbedtoyoungJosef.TheyoungConradwasplacedinthecareofEwa'sbrother,

TadeuszBobrowski

Conrad‘spoorhealth/unsatisfactoryschoolwork/constantproblems/outlaysintheautumnof1871,thirteen-year-oldConradannouncedhisintentiontobecomeasailor.Earlylife(1869-1874)Joseph

ConradEarlylife1Merchant-marinecareer2Literarycareer3Merchant-marinecareer

(1874-1893)In1874Conradleft

Poland

tostartamerchant-marinecareer.fouryears/onFrenchshipsIn1878/sufferedfrom/depression/beingforbiddentoworkonFrenchships/theproperpermits.unsuccessfulsuicide/shootinghimselfthroughtheshoulder/missingvitalorgans

nextfifteenyears/joinedtheBritishmerchantmarineandservedunderthe

RedEnsignJoseph

ConradEarlylife1Merchant-marinecareer2Literarycareer3LiteraryCareerIn1895firstnovelAlmayer'sFolly.TheNiggerofthe"Narcissus“

(1897)LordJim

(1900)HeartofDarkness

(1902)Nostromo

(1904)

In1894/aged36/poorhealth&sofascinatedwithwriting/reluctantlygaveupthesea/assumedthepen-nameJosephConrad/beganproducinganumberofbooks/rapidsuccessionLiteraryCareerTurnedhisattentiontonovelsofpoliticalintrigue.TheSecretAgent(1907)Under

Western

Eyes(1911)The

Secret

Sharer(1912)Chance(1913)The

Inheritors

Victory(1915)LiteraryCareerConradalsoturnedtoautobiographyMirror

of

the

Sea(1906)APersonalRecord(1912)NotesonLifeand

Letters(1921)HisStyle

Verbose(冗長的）:agreatprosemasterofhisEnglish.Inafigurativelanguage—similesandmetaphorsExtensiveuseofsymbolsApoeticqualityThemeofHisWritingsPredominantlywithaseaboardsetting/depicttrialsofthehumanspiritbythedemandsofdutyandhonor.Plumbthedepthsofthehumansoul.Hismodernitylieslargelyinhistragicawarenessofman’sdisillusionment,isolation,andsufferinginanalienatedandcorruptedworldofcivilization.HisDeathDiedofheartfailureonAugust3,1924.

ApioneerofModernismliterature&oneofthegreatestmodernwritersLeftbehindalargebodyofwork/StillhonoredbymillionsofreadersHisnarrativestyle&anti-heroiccharactershaveinfluencedmanyauthorsAJourneyintotheDarkRecessesofYourMindAnarrativedonebyCharlieMarlowwhoshareshisexperiencesontheCongoRiverintheDarkContinent.MaincharactersCharlieMarlow:Theprotagonistandmainnarratorofthestory/stumblesintoAfrica/sailasteamboat&rescueKurtzKurtz:inchargeofthemostproductiveivorystation/Congo/theuniquerepresentiveofcolonization/thewildernesscaptureshim/turnshisbackonthepeopleandcustomsthatwereonceapartofhimBackground:Time:Latterpartof19thcentury,probablysometimebetween1876and1892.Place:TheThamesRiveroutsideLondon.

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B.Risingaction:

Marlowstartshissailing.1.ThebrutalityMarlowwitnessesintheCompany’semployees.

“Theywanderedhereandtherewiththeirabsurdlongstavesintheirhands…arottenfence”

2.TherumorshehearsthatKurtzisaremarkableman.

“Heisaprodigy.Heisanemissaryofpity,andscience,andprogress,anddevilknowswhatelse”

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C.Turningpoint:FromMarlow’sdiscoveryto

hisarrivalintheStation.“whenIsawinthedistanceclearingontheriver-sideandtheoutlinesofsomesortofbuilding”

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Kurtzhasdoneevilwiththreatandviolencetothenatives/getslabor,ivoryandevenrespectfromthevictims.D.Fallingaction:Kurtz’sdeath.1.

Marlow’sacceptanceofresponsibilityforKurtz’slegacy.

“Onemorninghegavemeapacketofpapersandaphotograph-thelottiedtogetherwithashoe-string.And‘Keepthisforme’”“Thehorror!Thehorror!”2.

Marlow’svisittoKurtz’sgirlfriend.“Thelastwordhepronouncedwas-yourname”

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HeartofDarknessexposesthemythbehindcolonizationwhileexploringthethreelevelsofdarknessthat