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1、JosephConrad(1857-1924)oneofthegreatestnovelistsintheEnglishlanguageQuotations“...No,itisimpossible;itisimpossibletoconveythelife-sensationofanygivenepochofone’sexistence—thatwhichmakesitstruth,itsmeaning—itssubtleandpenetratingessence.Itisimpossible.Welive,aswedream—alone....”(Part1,HeartofDarkne
2、ss)WithhauntingverseConradhascraftedachillingtaleladenwithlushimageryandsymbolismdescribingtheambiguitybetweengoodandevil.Withcharactersasanti-heroheexaminesman’smoralcomplexitiesandcapacityforcorruptionandevil,andthedarkdepthsofthehumanpsyche.Quotations2Anythingapproachingthechangethatcameoverhis
3、featuresIhaveneverseenbefore,andhopenevertoseeagain.Oh,Iwasn’ttouched.Iwasfascinated.Itwasasthoughaveilhadbeenrent.Isawonthativoryfacetheexpressionofsombrepride,ofruthlesspower,ofcraventerror—ofanintenseandhopelessdespair.Didhelivehislifeagainineverydetailofdesire,temptation,andsurrenderduringthat
4、suprememomentofcompleteknowledge?Hecriedinawhisperatsomeimage,atsomevision—hecriedouttwice,acrythatwasnomorethanabreath.(ibid,Part3)Whileitaddressesthetimelessstruggleofman’sself-deceptionandinnerconflicts,influencedbyConrad’sownsenseofisolationfromhispast,thestoryofMarlow’sjourneyintotheCongoalso
5、exposestheclashes,exploitationandbarbaritybetweenEuropeanandAfricansocietiesduring19thCenturycolonialexpansionism.InfluenceSomeofConrad’sworksincludingHeartofDarknesshaveinspiredfilmmakersandsuchauthorsasF.ScottFitzgerald,GabrielGarcíaMárquez,D.H.Lawrence,andVirginiaWoolf.Hehasalsobeengroupedwitho
6、thersuchesteemedauthorsashisfriendStephenCraneandRobertLouisStevenson.CoppolathedirectorRevisedfromHeartofDarknessHisLifeJosephConradwasborninBerdyczów(nowinUkraine)intoanimpoverished,highlypatrioticPolishnoblefamilybearingtheNałęczcoat-of-arms.HisfatherApolloKorzeniowskiwasawriterofpolitically-th
7、emedplaysandatranslatorofAlfreddeVigny,VictorHugo,CharlesDickensandShakespearefromtheFrenchandEnglish.HeencouragedhissonKonradtoreadwidelyinPolishandFrench.HisfatherApollobelongedtotheszlachta,ahereditarysocialcl
