| Polish-born English novelist Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) is considered to be one of the greatest modern English writers. The Heart of Darkness which is one of Joseph Conrad's celebrated novel can be regarded as one of the greatest novel in the history of English literature.The narrative structure of the Heart of Darkness is divided into five units in this thesis. Chapter One defines "I", Marlow, Kurtz, heart of darkness, world, and then make some basic explanations of this five units. Chapter two analyzes the correlation of the five units, interprets the polysemy and ambiguity of the novel through intensive reading and deconstructive style. Chapter three deals the relationship between heart of darkness and the world outside through a more extended perspective, and try to unscramble the richness of the Heart of Darkness more comprehensively.Looking for ultimate value in the Heart of Darkness, we can find that Conrad is a conscientious writer who questing human spirit, approaching the evil of human nature,calling for faith. Though the light of idealism is frail, Conrad never stop searching for it.We try to avoid one-sidedness critical method in this paper and reveal the content neglected by the traditional approaches.
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