Joseph Conrad is a writer who enjoyed innovating, in his novella of Heart of Darkness; Conrad adopted a novel narrative structure. This distinctive piece has connected the adventure of Marlow in Africa and the search of self restrain together tightly and perfectly. The novella truly is a herald work used the theme of the discovery of psychological world in human nature.
The embedded narrative structure of Heart of Darkness is rather special, it combines one structure inside another, with the meaning of the story is not only in the centre, but also on the periphery. The first person narrative style allows two levels of disconnect between the reader and the story. While the novella begins with the first person introduces the background of the …show more content…
In Marlow’s narration, there is another important character who named Kurtz. The story Marlow narrated is also the story about Kurtz. Kurtz’s name appeared early in the story “Then silence. They had been talking about Kurtz.” (320), and continued to repeat. The story is covered with one layer and another, this complicated structure arrangement created difficulties in comprehension but also enhanced attractiveness. Superficially, the outer layer of Heart of Darkness is about the adventure journey of Africa, and the inner layer of the structure describes a search of the psychological elements within human …show more content…
Marlow described his journey in many details “Going up that river was like travelling back to the earliest beginnings of the world, when vegetation rioted on the earth and big trees were kings. An empty stream, a great silence, an impenetrable forest. The air was warm, thick, heavy, sluggish. There was no joy in the brilliance of sunshine.” (335). Recall the part when Marlow mentioned about the Thames in Europe, we can see he tried to compare the Congo River to Thames. In his point of view, he believed that England is Congo without civilization, and Congo is the past England. As I explained in previous parts, Marlow’s African adventure is also his journey of discovery, although his journey is like travelling back in time to the primitive forest, it symbolizes the development of civilization
The embedded narrative structure of Heart of Darkness is rather special, it combines one structure inside another, with the meaning of the story is not only in the centre, but also on the periphery. The first person narrative style allows two levels of disconnect between the reader and the story. While the novella begins with the first person introduces the background of the …show more content…
In Marlow’s narration, there is another important character who named Kurtz. The story Marlow narrated is also the story about Kurtz. Kurtz’s name appeared early in the story “Then silence. They had been talking about Kurtz.” (320), and continued to repeat. The story is covered with one layer and another, this complicated structure arrangement created difficulties in comprehension but also enhanced attractiveness. Superficially, the outer layer of Heart of Darkness is about the adventure journey of Africa, and the inner layer of the structure describes a search of the psychological elements within human …show more content…
Marlow described his journey in many details “Going up that river was like travelling back to the earliest beginnings of the world, when vegetation rioted on the earth and big trees were kings. An empty stream, a great silence, an impenetrable forest. The air was warm, thick, heavy, sluggish. There was no joy in the brilliance of sunshine.” (335). Recall the part when Marlow mentioned about the Thames in Europe, we can see he tried to compare the Congo River to Thames. In his point of view, he believed that England is Congo without civilization, and Congo is the past England. As I explained in previous parts, Marlow’s African adventure is also his journey of discovery, although his journey is like travelling back in time to the primitive forest, it symbolizes the development of civilization