约瑟夫·康拉德小说地理空间研究述评

地理空间作为人类生存的最基本条件之一,是包含着人类社会种种权力关系、利益关系以及层级差别的一个集合体。而表现人类价值判断的文学作品自然也附带了这种集合体的特质。波兰裔英国作家康拉德生平的地理空间跨度注定了其小说中的地理空间叙述不只是故事发生与存在的先在条件,更是一种价值取向。以分析与借鉴以往康拉德小说研究成果为契机,尝试着从空间批评与文学地理学批评来重新审视康拉德小说的内涵意义,探讨康拉德作品如何通过地理空间叙述系统来表达意识形态、权力机制以及身份特征等多维层面。

Geographic and spatial features in Conrad＇s novels

As one of the primary conditions for man＇s living in the world,geographical space implicates all kinds of power relations,interest relations and hierarchical differences,so do the literary works which embody man＇s value judgment. Joseph Conrad＇s living geographical span determines the geographical spatial narration in his novels being of the precondition of the birth and existence of story as well as of a value orientation. Based on the previous study of Conrad＇s novels,the paper attempts to reexamine the connotative meanings from the perspective of spatial criticism and geographical criticism of literature,and to explore how the multi-dimensions of ideology,power mechanism and identity features are embodied in the geographical spatial narration system in Conrad＇s novels.