海洋文学视角下的《黑暗的心》  

Heart of Darkness Under the Perspective of Sea Literature

作　　者：徐燕[1] 

机构地区：[1]宁波大学外语学院,浙江宁波315211

出　　处：《宁波大学学报（人文科学版）》2014年第3期53-57,共5页Journal of Ningbo University：Liberal Arts Edition

基　　金：教育部人文社科规划基金项目(10YJA752006);国家社科基金项目(12BWW032);浙江省重点学科项目(JDW1208)

摘　　要：从海洋文学的角度考察康拉德的中篇小说《黑暗的心》,在整个英国海洋文学体系中,《黑暗的心》是众多文本的集大成者。凭借其对欧洲入侵者在非洲殖民活动细致而耐人寻味的刻画,《黑暗的心》凸显了海洋在殖民活动中的角色。具体表现为:马洛的听众"我们"在泰晤士河口所发的思古之幽情很显然勾连起了海洋在英国对外扩张过程中的角色和地位,也为下文马洛对非洲之行的叙述作了主题预设;同样作为陆上的主要交通动脉和母亲河,泰晤士河和刚果河在历史命运中的遭遇发人深思。海洋和大河在《黑暗的心》中明暗对照,前后呼应,共同推动了小说主题的呈现。这一主题关乎海洋与殖民扩张之间的关系。This paper probes into Joseph Conrad’s novella HeartofDarknessfrom the perspective of sea literature. It claims that HeartofDarknessepitomizes all sea literature texts in the British sea literature system, and that HeartofDarkness, by virtue of the meticulous and poignant description of the Europeans’ colonization in African Congo, imposes a prominent revelation of the role that sea has played in colonization. This role is incorporated in, at least, two aspects. On the one hand, when “we”, as Marlow’s audience, evoke the great spirit of the past upon the lower reaches of the Thames, that past reveals the vital role that sea once played in British expansion and also preinstalls the theme of Marlow’s narrative of Africa. On the other hand, tragic encounters in the Thames and the Congo River in the history, which are echoing and contrasting each other in the novella, are to enhance the presentation of the theme. This theme, this paper suggests, has something to do with the relationship between sea and colonial expansion.

关 键 词：海洋文学 《黑暗的心》 殖民扩张 

分 类 号：I054[文学—文学理论]