| The novels of English novelist Joseph Conrad of later nineteenth century and early twentieth century express strong sense of loneliness. In the view of the natural environment, the characters in Conrad' s novels are always far away from their homeland and live in a strange environment. In the view of social environment, the characters in Conrad' s novels do not identify with society, and their inner worlds are unknown to others.Loneliness is an important topic in literature history, and the expressions of loneliness have existed for a long time. But the works of Conrad in the social transitional period of later nineteenth century and early twenty century expresses the changes of social mentalities. The development of economy and the collapse of old social intuition make a more individualized world, however the deeper loneliness follows. His novels reflect the deep gaps between man and nature, man and man, man and society. Besides these, his novels express the confrontations and conflicts between easten and westen culture.Every transition of centuries always intrigues people' s anxiety and retrospection in, especially more feel ing of loneliness. Conrad' snovels not only record the situation of that period exactly, but also discuss the human nature deeply. His novels receive more and more attention nowadays, because his novels express the human anxiety and pains in modern world. Loneliness can not be avoided in human' s history, and loneliness involves the fundamental situation of modern lives. To study and discuss this problem is greatly significant. |
