The Anxiety on Moral Degeneration of Imperialism in Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness

• 영문명: The Anxiety on Moral Degeneration of Imperialism in Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness
• 발행기관: 한국영미어문학회
• 저자명: 김현옥(Hyunok Kim)
• 간행물 정보: 『영미어문학』영미어문학 제120호, 65~77쪽, 전체 13쪽
• 주제분류: 어문학 > 영어와문학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2016.03.31

영문 초록

The purpose of this study is to exploremoral anxiety throughout Joseph Conrad’s novel, Heart of Darkness, attributingit to British imperialism. This study, specifically, focuses on how the literatureof the Edwardian period reflects moral degeneration caused by imperial policy.It argues that the anxiety about imperialist transgression grew out of thechallenge posed by other countries, such as Germany and Belgium; and bypropaganda such as spreading about a good government and Christianity,abolishing slavery and elevating the political status of non-white races uponwhich British imperialism was built. Through Heart of Darkness, Conrad stillasserts that same imperial, moral superiority; however, with new competitionand revolts by the natives in the colonies, the moral superiority of Englandis brought into question. While incorporating a genre established by theeighteenth-century, Gothic novel, Conrad deals with moral issues related toimperial policy, distinct features of the Gothic novel in order to verbalize theunspoken anxiety of imperialism.

목차

Abstract

1. The New Imperialism

2. The Gothic and Her Children: the Literature of the Anxiety on Moral Degeneration

3. Discovering Conrad’s Imperialistic Dialogue

4. Conclusion

Works Cited

키워드

Conrad Heart of Darkness imperialism colonialization anxiety themoral superiority degeneration