콘래드의 ｢진보의 전초기지｣에서 관료주의, 자본주의와 제국주의 작동방식

• 영문명: The Workings of Bureaucracy, Commercialism and Colonialism in Joseph Conrad’s “An Outpost of Progress”
• 발행기관: 한국영미문학교육학회
• 저자명: 박종성(Jong-Seong Park)
• 간행물 정보: 『영미문학교육』제29집 1호, 231~254쪽, 전체 24쪽
• 주제분류: 어문학 > 영어와문학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2025.04.30

국문 초록

This paper analyses Conrad’s view of colonialism as practised by Belgian colonial power in the Congo Free State in “An Outpost of Progress.” Colonialism involves both colonial desire and colonial expansion. The object of colonial desire is ivory, a luxury item used to make piano keys and elaborate statuettes. Collecting tusks was a lucrative business at the time. And colonial expansion represents the ideal of the civilising mission, which includes the suppression of barbaric customs such as human sacrifice to exorcise evil spirits. In “An Outpost of Progress,” Conrad raises alarming concerns about the illegal ivory trade linked to slavery, not to mention the dysfunction of colonialism. The work examines how bureaucracy and commercialism are inextricably linked in the operation of the Great Trading or Civilizing Company in the Congo Basin. The Managing Director appoints Kayerts as chief and Carlier as subordinate and encourages them to collect ivory, only to see the operating system collapse, partly due to Carlier’s disobedience, among other things. The two Belgians fall victim to the wheel of commercialism, which gives priority to making a profit. Both of them are caught between the Manager and Makola, a civilised cunning nigger. Conrad highlights both Kayert’s murder of Carlier and his suicide. Finally, Kayert taunts the Manager, suggesting that the civilising mission is nonsense. Through irony, Conrad successfully forces the reader to see the failure of colonialism. Conrad, therefore, cannot easily be denigrated as an imperialist.

목차

Ⅰ. 들어가기

Ⅱ. 벨기에령 콩고 자유국과 레오폴드 2세의 잔학성

Ⅲ. 관료주의와 자본주의, 그리고 제국주의와 상관성

Ⅳ. 문명화 사명의 실패

Ⅴ. 카이어츠의 도덕적 각성과 열린 결말의 효과

Ⅵ. 나가는 말

인용문헌

키워드

콘래드 ｢진보의 전초기지｣ 『암흑의 핵심』 제국주의 관료주의 자본주의 문명화 사명 Conrad “An Outpost of Progress ” Heart of Darkness colonialism bureaucracy commercialism civilizing mission