1. Joseph Conrad
Life and Work

2. Early life-Family Background
Patriotic,noble family
His father was a writer and influenced him
He did not speak English fluently until 20
Romanticism,precursor of modernist literature
Joseph Conrad+Jessie George= 2 sons:John and Borys.

3. Criticism Chinua Achebe’s essay
Conrad seen as a “thoroughgoing racist”
Debates caused by the essay

4. The Book
General Facts

5. Author: Joseph Conrad
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
Genre: Novella
Publisher: Blackwood’s Magazine
Publication date: 1902

6. Dark side of Belgian colonization
2 tasks: -Ivory
-bringing back Kurtz
3 main ideas:
-Congo wilderness
-cruel treatment of the natives
-darkness within every human being for committing evil acts

7. The Plot Charlie Marlow works for a Belgian trading company
His journey to Africa
There meets Kurtz
Discover the rough life the native inhabitants live
Spend time with Kurt
Kurt, eventually dies

8. The Characters
Charlie Marlow

9. Kurtz

10. General manager
Pilgrims
Russian trader
Kurtz’s African mistress
Kurtz’s Intended

11. Themes
Madness as a Result of Imperialism The Absurdity of Evil

12. Motifs & Symbols
Interiors and Exteriors
Darkness
Fog
Women
The River

13. Movie It was made In 1993 Directed by Nicolas Roeg Stars: Tim Roth and John Malkovich