Heart of darkness: narrative of a silenced otherness
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Resumo: | Heart of darkness, by Joseph Conrad, is a narrative full of gaps, which may be interpreted by the reader in different ways. These gaps involve both what is silenced by the narrative and the darkness which is impenetrable by the eyes of the narrator. Therefore, literary criticism, based on different views, has applied its characteristic looks towards these gaps, and thus discovered many ways of reading Conrad’s text. This work aims at exposing different ways to interpret the unspoken and unfathomable based on different contemporary theories of literature: Deconstruction, Psychoanalytic Criticism, Reader-Response Criticism and New Historicism. In order to do this, essays by J. Hillis Miller, Frederick R. Karl, Ross C. Murfin, Adena Rosmarin and Brook Thomas, present in the collection Heart of darkness: a case study in contemporary criticism, edited by Ross C. Murfin, are used as theoretical reference. We intend to demonstrate how the different perspectives, taken together, support the relativity of the interpretation, while they affirm the impossibility of a full understanding, by the ‘civilized European’, of the meaning of the narrative he weaves about the culture he intends to master. |
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Heart of darkness: narrative of a silenced othernessO coração das trevas: relato de uma alteridade silenciadaJoseph Conradcontemporary theoriesnew historicismJoseph Conradteorias contemporâneasnovo historicismoTeorias Contemporâneas da Literatura Heart of darkness, by Joseph Conrad, is a narrative full of gaps, which may be interpreted by the reader in different ways. These gaps involve both what is silenced by the narrative and the darkness which is impenetrable by the eyes of the narrator. Therefore, literary criticism, based on different views, has applied its characteristic looks towards these gaps, and thus discovered many ways of reading Conrad’s text. This work aims at exposing different ways to interpret the unspoken and unfathomable based on different contemporary theories of literature: Deconstruction, Psychoanalytic Criticism, Reader-Response Criticism and New Historicism. In order to do this, essays by J. Hillis Miller, Frederick R. Karl, Ross C. Murfin, Adena Rosmarin and Brook Thomas, present in the collection Heart of darkness: a case study in contemporary criticism, edited by Ross C. Murfin, are used as theoretical reference. We intend to demonstrate how the different perspectives, taken together, support the relativity of the interpretation, while they affirm the impossibility of a full understanding, by the ‘civilized European’, of the meaning of the narrative he weaves about the culture he intends to master. O coração das trevas, de Joseph Conrad, é uma narrativa repleta de lacunas, que podem ser completadas pelo leitor de diferentes maneiras. Essas lacunas envolvem tanto o que é silenciado pela narrativa quanto a escuridão indevassável aos olhos do narrador. Assim, a crítica literária, a partir de diferentes perspectivas, tem aplicado a essas aberturas seus olhares característicos e, em consequência, descoberto múltiplas possibilidades de leitura do texto de Conrad. Este trabalho pretende expor diferentes formas de interpretar o não dito e o indevassável a partir de diferentes teorias contemporâneas da literatura: a Desconstrução, a Crítica Psicanalítica, a Crítica da Recepção e o Novo Historicismo. Para tanto, utilizam-se como referenciais teóricos os ensaios de J. Hillis Miller, Frederick R. Karl, Ross C. Murfin, Adena Rosmarin e Brook Thomas, presentes na coletânea Heart of darkness: a case study in contemporary criticism, editado por Ross C. Murfin. O objetivo é demonstrar como as diferentes perspectivas, tomadas em conjunto, corroboram a relatividade da interpretação, ao mesmo tempo em que afirmam a impossibilidade, por parte do ‘europeu civilizado’, de uma compreensão plena do sentido da narrativa que ele mesmo tece sobre a cultura que pretende dominar. Universidade Estadual De Maringá2017-03-21info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionestudo comparativoapplication/pdfhttp://www.periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciLangCult/article/view/3012710.4025/actascilangcult.v39i1.30127Acta Scientiarum. Language and Culture; Vol 39 No 1 (2017); 63-70Acta Scientiarum. Language and Culture; v. 39 n. 1 (2017); 63-701983-46831983-4675reponame:Acta Scientiarum. Language and Culture (Online)instname:Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM)instacron:UEMporhttp://www.periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciLangCult/article/view/30127/pdfCopyright (c) 2017 Acta Scientiarum. Language and Cultureinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessCeccagno, Douglas2022-02-20T22:26:15Zoai:periodicos.uem.br/ojs:article/30127Revistahttp://periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciLangCultPUBhttp://www.periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciLangCult/oai||actalan@uem.br1983-46831983-4675opendoar:2022-02-20T22:26:15Acta Scientiarum. Language and Culture (Online) - Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM)false |
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Heart of darkness: narrative of a silenced otherness O coração das trevas: relato de uma alteridade silenciada |
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Heart of darkness, by Joseph Conrad, is a narrative full of gaps, which may be interpreted by the reader in different ways. These gaps involve both what is silenced by the narrative and the darkness which is impenetrable by the eyes of the narrator. Therefore, literary criticism, based on different views, has applied its characteristic looks towards these gaps, and thus discovered many ways of reading Conrad’s text. This work aims at exposing different ways to interpret the unspoken and unfathomable based on different contemporary theories of literature: Deconstruction, Psychoanalytic Criticism, Reader-Response Criticism and New Historicism. In order to do this, essays by J. Hillis Miller, Frederick R. Karl, Ross C. Murfin, Adena Rosmarin and Brook Thomas, present in the collection Heart of darkness: a case study in contemporary criticism, edited by Ross C. Murfin, are used as theoretical reference. We intend to demonstrate how the different perspectives, taken together, support the relativity of the interpretation, while they affirm the impossibility of a full understanding, by the ‘civilized European’, of the meaning of the narrative he weaves about the culture he intends to master. |
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