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Joseph Conrad
Life and Work
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Early life-Family Background
• Patriotic,noble family
• His father was a writer and influenced him
• He did not speak English fluently until 20
• Romanticism,precursor of modernist literature
• Joseph Conrad+Jessie George= 2 sons:John and Borys.
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Criticism
• Chinua Achebe’s essay
• Conrad seen as a “thoroughgoing racist”
• Debates caused by the essay
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The Book
General Facts
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Author: Joseph Conrad
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
Genre: Novella
Publisher: Blackwood’s Magazine
Publication date: 1902
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• Dark side of Belgian colonization
• 2 tasks: -Ivory
-bringing back Kurtz
• 3 main ideas: -Congo wilderness
-cruel treatment of the natives
-darkness within every human being for committing evil acts
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The Plot• Charlie Marlow works for a
Belgian trading company• His journey to Africa• There meets Kurtz• Discover the rough life the
native inhabitants live• Spend time with Kurt• Kurt, eventually dies
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The Characters Charlie Marlow
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Kurtz
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• General manager • Pilgrims • Russian trader• Kurtz’s African mistress• Kurtz’s Intended
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ThemesMadness as a Result of
Imperialism
The Absurdity of Evil
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Motifs & Symbols
• Interiors and Exteriors • Darkness
• Fog• Women• The River
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MovieIt was made In 1993
Directed by Nicolas RoegStars: Tim Roth and John Malkovich