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1、JosephConrad’simperialismandmodernismAbstract:Conradisafigureofthecrossroads.determinedtoportrayandexploretheconflictingloyaltiesandmultipleidentitiesofthose,,havebeendeniedtheirculturalbirthright.Hethenecessarilyfalsepositionofaculturalcolonistporaryattitudestopire,andrevealhisoperialism.Andifode
2、rnismtomeancertainfundamentalandsharedcharacteristicsofthoseericaandelseostnee,itseemsinevitablethatConradshouldfigureinthatgrouping. Keyalayfictionendingin1896,themajorphaseextendingfrom1897to1911,andamorediversebodyoflaterfictionthatmanycriticsdivideintot1911to1917.andadeclineenpassinghislastye
3、arsfrom1918tohisdeathin1924. 2.Conrad’sentinshortfiction,onesoondiscoversthathismostforcefulandsuggestiveesconcernsthatinformhismajornovels.Thus”heartofdarkness”islikelordJim,partsofnostromo,andotherlongerphasisonisolationfromone'skindasatestofnormalidentity.inthesameand'inthefaceofcosmicandhuman
4、chaos.Both"amyfosterandthesecretsharer"describethemunity'srejectionofanoutsider.r.Conradmakesattackuponcolonization,expansion,evenuponimperialism.TheManchesterguardian'srevieporaryreadersof’heartofdarkness'theyoungseaman'sapparentlyinsensitivevietothefledglingnovelist'sdesiretoexposeimperialism'sf
5、raudulentpretensionsofbenevolence?TheansperialismilyasvictimsofRussianimperialism.Asszlachtaorpolishlandedgentryboththepaternalkorzenioaternalbobroenedrisingof1863',oneuncleotherdiedafeperialismitselfbetperialism,aplexresponsetotheindustralizedcountries'groaterials,markets,andinvestmentopportuniti
6、es,any,belgium,italy,theunitedstatesandJapan,ulatingcoloniesforovertultiplicationofcolonialposonever-dbedfromelevenpercentin1875toniypercentby1902.Hestartedtoseecolonialismcloserup.Theincreasinglyorganized,controlledandadministeredglobalconnectednessoftheneperialismythatgeneratedthisneperialismest
7、eadilymoresoduringthenieenthcenturyasitextendeditsoperationstoevermoreremotepartsoftheplaandtransformedallareasevermoreprofoundly.ThistransformationarkedinConrad’sfictionasprogressivebutratherasaregrettabledimins