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Modernism

Modernism. John Stuart Mill Utilitarianism. Karl Marx. Marxist Criticism. Friedrich Nietzsche. Moral/Philosophical Criticism. Sigmund Freud. Freud’s Id, Ego and Superego. Psychological/ P sychoanalytical Criticism. Carl Jung –Shadow Archetype. Influence of Existentialism.

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Modernism

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  1. Modernism

  2. John Stuart MillUtilitarianism

  3. Karl Marx

  4. Marxist Criticism

  5. Friedrich Nietzsche

  6. Moral/Philosophical Criticism

  7. Sigmund Freud

  8. Freud’s Id, Ego and Superego

  9. Psychological/Psychoanalytical Criticism

  10. Carl Jung –Shadow Archetype

  11. Influence of Existentialism

  12. King Leopold II of Belgium

  13. Imperialism and Colonialism

  14. Sociological/Cultural Criticism

  15. Joseph Conrad (1857-1914) Marlow’s & Conrad’s 1889-90 journey into “Heart of Darkness” Marlow’s & Conrad’s 1889-90 journey into “Heart of Darkness”

  16. “…the vilest scramble for loot that ever disfigured the history of human conscience and geographical exploration.”

  17. Heart of Darkness Style

  18. Patterns and Symbolism of “Three”

  19. Formulist Criticism

  20. The road to hell is paved with good intentions…

  21. Polysemous – four levels of meaning • Literal (Historical) – Belgian Congo (colonialism) • Allegorical (Figural) – avarice (greed) and rapacious (Dante); inability to operate as a global community • Psychological (Moral) – relating to other people … “in a mirror darkly” / shadow archetype; fascinated by unknown territory (“fascination of the abomination”) • Miltonic idea – depths of human spirit to confront monster/shadow and see it is you … face it??? • Spiritual (Anagogical) – *exegesis (critical analysis) of work – Kurtz as Marlow’s spiritual father (one of the great men of the earth); Nicomachean Ethics – *virtuous (habit) man (character) choosing best course of action* - Keep this in mind when we get to Hamlet’s Humanism ideas … potentiality of man →becomes something horrible

  22. Whited Sepulcher (Matt.23.27)

  23. Religious Criticism

  24. Central Oppositions in HOD • Civilization vs. wilderness • Culture vs. savagery • Fascination vs. repulsion • Freedom vs. restraint • Innocence vs. experience • Justice vs. injustice • Reality vs. unreality • Strength vs. weakness • Success vs. failure • Work vs. idleness

  25. Heart of Darkness as the Archetypal Quest

  26. A Few Themes… • Light versus dark (inversions)/chiaroscuro • Man’s inhumanity to man (injustices) • Hypocrisy of Imperialism (“whited sepulchers”) • Unrestrained lusts (versus “restraint”) • Lure of the abyss • Internal heart of darkness (interior vs. exterior) • Madness (rational vs. irrational) • Absurdity of evil • Isolation / Alienation *Remember: Motifs help develop themes. Identify motifs and themes as you read.

  27. Part I – “Devils” • Marlow says, “I felt as though instead of going to the center of a continent I were about to set off for the centre of the earth.” • At the Outer Station (19), Conrad describes two devil types: one, a “strong, lusty, red-eyed lusty”devil; and two, “a flabby, pretending, weak-eyed devil, of a rapacious and pitiless folly.” Both are foreshadowing of the villain force prominent in this story, as seen in two different men. What two men are foreseen in each of these devils? • At Central Station (24) - what is the reference Marlow makes that reminds you of the “flabby, pretending, weak-eyed devil” mentioned above? To whom is he referring?

  28. Part I - Stations • Outer Station: • Blasting (connection to “man-of-war”) (“lugubrious drollery”) • Chain gang – “great cause … high and just proceedings” • Grove of death – “the gloomy circle of some Inferno” • Accountant / flies (Beelzebub = “lord of the flies”) • Mention of Kurtz • Central Station: • General Manager (Kurtz) / “Hollow Men” • Brick maker (“papier-mâché Mephistopheles”) (“Hollow Men”) / (Kurtz) • Painting • Authorial intrusion (30) / “We live, as we dream – alone …” • Rivets (Foreman)

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