The Theme of Heart of Darkness from the Perspective of Ekphrasis

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10.2991/assehr.k.211025.049How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Ekphrasis, Visual allegory, Heart of Darkness

Abstract

Heart of Darkness is a great novel composed of pictures by words to construct space and scenes. Because words and their meanings are not strictly corresponding or homologous, ekphrasis of visional representation is a surpassing remedy. By using description, juxtaposition, paste-up, and extension, Conrad’s creation of the geographical landscapes of the Thames and the Congo has a more metaphorical expression than words. In readers’ eyes, the tension between the exquisite and fracture forms a visual allegory — the appropriate representation of darkness in a theme of death, is break and fragmentation, other than coherence and uniformity.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Fan Chen
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/10/26
TI  - The Theme of Heart of Darkness from the Perspective of Ekphrasis
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Language, Communication and Culture Studies (ICLCCS 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 297
EP  - 300
SN  - 2352-5398
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