Novella by Joseph Conrad, first published in 1902 with the story "Youth" and thereafter published separately. The story reflects the physical and psychological shock Conrad himself experienced in 1890, when he worked briefly in the Belgian Congo. The narrator, Marlow, describes a journey he took on an African river. Assigned by an ivory company to take command of a cargo boat stranded in the interior, Marlow makes his way through the treacherous forest, witnessing the brutalization of the natives by white traders and hearing tantalizing stories of a Mr. Kurtz, the company's most successful representative. He reaches Kurtz's compound in a remote outpost only to see a row of human heads mounted on poles. In this alien context, unbound by the strictures of his own culture, Kurtz has exchanged his soul for a bloody sovereignty, but a mortal illness is bringing his reign of terror to a close. As Marlow transports him downriver, Kurtz delivers an arrogant and empty explanation of his deeds as a visionary quest. To the narrator Kurtz's dying words, "The horror! The horror!" represent despair at the encounter with human depravity--the heart of darkness. -- The Merriam-Webster Encyclopedia of Literature --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
在初读《黑暗之心》,我不会关注康拉德对非洲的凝视,或者一种因为孤独和疾病而堕落的心灵的呈现。写在人物分析前,我们要厘清的是:故事的要义即在嘲弄欧洲人在非洲的文明使命吗?也许是的,他可以是政治化的,也可以是历史化的,云云,但是我尽量在第一次阅读的过程中剔除这...
评分 评分Women as the Other Two women in black Since the publication of Heart of Darkness, it has weltered in lots of controversial voices. This book is regarded as a story about Marlow’s witness of the collapse of the civilization, which has nothing to do with wo...
评分《黑暗的心》是一部简单的拜火教小说,光明与黑暗的斗争贯穿了始终,构成了整个故事发生的背景。而这场斗争的结果,死亡与遗忘,指明了自身的毫无意义,只有依靠谎言与欺骗才能把这场戏继续演下去。对立无处不在,首要的是文明世界与黑暗之心的对立,殖民者占据的海岸与贸易站...
诚如Achebe所说,一厢情愿地妖魔化非洲。
评分几年前看的时候觉得比较难投入,现在看的话也许会有不一样的感受。黑暗之心,非洲腹地,人性的黑暗之地在何处呢?
评分诚如Achebe所说,一厢情愿地妖魔化非洲。
评分诚如Achebe所说,一厢情愿地妖魔化非洲。
评分诚如Achebe所说,一厢情愿地妖魔化非洲。
本站所有内容均为互联网搜索引擎提供的公开搜索信息,本站不存储任何数据与内容,任何内容与数据均与本站无关,如有需要请联系相关搜索引擎包括但不限于百度,google,bing,sogou 等
© 2025 book.quotespace.org All Rights Reserved. 小美书屋 版权所有