A Study on Free Will: Who Sees What in Joseph Conrad’s Under Western Eyes?
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The aim of this paper is to explore the art of Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) as an impressionist writer by focusing on one of his novels, Under Western Eyes(1911) as a psychological novel. In order to understand Conrad’s motives and style to write this novel one should start with a sound beginning by looking at his concept of narrative fiction and recurring themes in the novel. The points that are highlighted in the paper are the concept of betrayal and its reasons and results for the characters, and the absence of a father as a driving force. Also, such philosophical issues and questions as ‘who sees what?’, seeing versus understanding and the impossibility of free will be explored in this article, which also aims to contribute to the scholarship on Conrad’s narrative fiction.
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Kaynakça
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Ayrıntılar
Birincil Dil
İngilizce
Konular
Sanat ve Edebiyat
Bölüm
Araştırma Makalesi
Yazarlar
Hilal Kaya
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0000-0001-6190-8694
Türkiye
Yayımlanma Tarihi
18 Ekim 2019
Gönderilme Tarihi
25 Ocak 2019
Kabul Tarihi
27 Eylül 2019
Yayımlandığı Sayı
Yıl 2019 Cilt: 18 Sayı: 4
Cited By
Paradoxical Narrative and Cultural Critique: A Study of Conrad’s Under Western Eyes
Journal of Humanities and Arts Perspectives
https://doi.org/10.70731/9c2s2v86