A Reading of Joseph Conrad's the Tale

• Autorzy: Mohammad Reza Modarres Zadeh
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The Tale is a short story by Joseph Conrad. Typical of a Conrad story it is set at sea. The sea is symbolic of the unconscious and this story may be read as a story of the unconscious. On the outside, it seems simple; a man tells a woman a tale of the commanding officer of a patrol ship who gives false directions to another ship and sends it to its doom. In between the lines of the seemingly simple plot, however, can be read another tale; one which speaks of a human sea deeper than the sea of water; deeper, darker, and infinitely more mysterious. Man has navigated the sea of water but the unfathomed sea of his own being remains, for the most part, undiscovered. This is a sea different from the sea of this world and Conrad sets sail on it by telling a tale from another world. Sailing with Conrad, the reader can look out on the infinite vastness and try to form a picture of the infinite depth of a sea which is not visible to the human eye. (original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Self-awareness; Human psychology

PL

Samoświadomość; Psychologia człowieka

• Czasopismo: International Letters of Social and Humanistic Sciences (ILSHS)
• Rocznik: 2013
• Tom: 4
• Strony: 45--48

Twórcy

autor

Mohammad Reza Modarres Zadeh

• University of Isfahan, Iran

Bibliografia

• [1] Conrad Joseph, ˇ°The Tale.ˇ± Short Stories for Discussion. Albert K Ridout, Jesse Styuart, Eds. Charles Scribner.s sons, New York, 1965,