个人与世界：论康拉德小说中的旅程叙事

发布时间：2018-09-06 17:40

【摘要】：约瑟夫·康拉德被认为是英国文学中最杰出的小说家之一。他对旅程叙事情有独钟,在作品中痴迷于描述形形色色的旅程,如海外探险、漂泊之旅、帝国主义探索之旅、朝圣等,甚至可以说,其小说皆以人物的旅程作为故事的结构,情节的发展、人物的塑造、主旨意蕴的表达均与人物的旅程息息相关。因此,旅程叙事是康拉德作品中的一个重要的主题。康拉德之所以对旅程叙事情有独钟与他本身丰富的旅行经历是密切相关的。本文从旅程叙事的角度对康拉德的《春春》、《黑暗的心》和《吉姆爷》进行了探讨,认为这三部作口中主人公的旅程代表了康拉德在其艺术创作思想指导之下创作的经典旅程模式,并与康拉德本人的生命历程相一致。本文试图从旅程叙事的角度去挖掘所选文本中的旅程所展现出的个人与世界之间的关系,同时,探讨了康拉德小说中旅程叙事的模式、艺术特征及其主题意蕴。该论文由六部分组成,每个部分的主题已在下文分别列出。首先是序言,该部分首先介绍了国内外的康拉德研究状况,接着是该论文的研究目的、研究范围和方法。第一章综合论述了旅程叙事在康拉德小说中的体现。首先追溯了旅程叙事在西方文学中的渊源,接着,具体闸述了旅程叙事在康拉德作品中的具体体现。第二章考察了旅程叙事在《青春》中的具体体现。探讨了该部作品中旅程叙事的模式,将其归为是一次对青春的朝圣,其展示的是对个人在世界的追寻之旅的赞颂。第三章探究了《黑暗的心》中的旅程叙事,认为该作品中的旅程最初是具有某种神圣气质的,但最终,旅行者最初的追寻却宣告放弃。第四章考察了《吉姆爷》中主人公吉姆的两次旅程,即富有骑士冒险色彩的海上之旅和丛林中的道德追寻之旅,认为吉姆本能的一跳和释放布朗的决定宣告了他的追寻之旅的失败,他的追寻无法让他找到自己在这世上安身立命的方式。在参考了众多的文献资料以及对所选作品的细察之后,本文认为康拉德作品中的旅程传递的是一种过程,是个人弄明白自己在这个世界中处在一个什么位置、寻求一种自身在这个世界上安身立命的方式的过程,这就赋予这些旅程一种追寻的意味。而这种追寻的意味使得这些虚构旅程的模式与康拉德本人的人生之旅轨迹和他的文学创作艺术思想达到完美契合。
[Abstract]:Joseph Conrad is regarded as one of the most outstanding novelists in English literature. He has a special interest in journey narration, and in his works he is obsessed with describing all kinds of journeys, such as overseas expeditions, drifters, imperialist explorations, pilgrimages, and so on, and can even say that his novels take the journey of the characters as the structure of the story. The development of plot, the shaping of characters and the expression of purport are closely related to the journey of characters. Therefore, journey narration is an important theme in Conrad's works. Conrad's love of journey narration is closely related to his rich travel experience. This paper discusses Conrad's "Spring", "Heart of Darkness" and "Lord Jim" from the perspective of journey narration. It is believed that the journey of the protagonists in these three novels represents the classical journey mode created by Conrad under the guidance of his artistic creation thought and is consistent with Conrad's own life course. This paper attempts to explore the relationship between the journey and the world in the selected text from the perspective of journey narration. At the same time, it probes into the mode, artistic characteristics and theme implication of the journey narration in Conrad's novels. The paper consists of six parts, each of which is listed below. The first part introduces the research situation of Conrad at home and abroad, and then the purpose, scope and method of the research. Chapter one discusses the embodiment of journey narration in Conrad's novels. First, it traces the origin of journey narration in western literature, and then concretely describes the concrete embodiment of journey narrative in Conrad's works. The second chapter examines the specific embodiment of journey narration in Youth. This paper probes into the narrative mode of the journey in this work, classifies it as a pilgrimage to youth, and presents a tribute to the pursuit of the individual in the world. Chapter three explores the narration of the journey in Heart of Darkness, and concludes that the journey in the novel was initially sacred, but in the end, the traveller's initial pursuit was abandoned. The fourth chapter examines the two journeys of Jim, the protagonist of Lord Jim, that is, the adventure of knighthood at sea and the moral quest in the jungle. Jim's instinctive leap and the decision to release Brown herald the failure of his quest to find a way to live in the world. After consulting a great deal of literature and examining the selected works, this paper argues that the journey in Conrad's works is a process in which individuals figure out where they are in this world. The process of finding a way to live in the world gives these journeys a sense of pursuit. This kind of pursuit makes the models of these fictional journeys fit perfectly with Conrad's own journey path of life and his thoughts of literary creation and art.
【学位授予单位】：西南大学
【学位级别】：硕士
【学位授予年份】：2014
【分类号】：I561.074

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