A Post-Colonial Study In Conrad's Lord Jim

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Abstract Defining the term post-colonization and its manifestation in Lord Jim, Conrad’s masterpiece, is the main idea, being discussed in the following pages. Whether Conrad is an anti- imperialist or not is a controversial idea that usually misleads many critics; however, there are many postcolonial signs in his novels. The main setting of the novel, Lord Jim is a colonized island, beside the main character, Jim is named Lord Jim in this island. The author introduces a character named Marlow to express his idea to the readers, this technique is used in his other work, the Heart of Darkness. The story ends with an upheaval and Jim as a colonizer is killed. Death of Jim and the courage of the natives for achievement is what is to be noted as the post-colonial condition in the novel. Introduction The Post- colonial is defined as “of, relating to, or being the time following the establishment of independence in a colony “ in the American Heritage Dictionary .The terms colonization and imperialism are interrelated; in fact, imperialism is the philosophy of what in practice called colonization. The reestablishment of colonized nation, long being under control of another country or nation, influences not only on economical and cultural but also on literature as well. This term in literature concerns with the impacts and traces that aftermath colonization and its manifestation in literary works. There are many controversial attitudes about Joseph Conrad thoughts regarding the ideas of colonization; according to Edward Said Conrad "writes as a man in whom a Western view of the non-Western world is so ingrained as to blind him to other histories, other cultures, other aspirations" (2). He also goes on to say: Conrad does not give us the sense that he could imagine a fully realized imperialism: the natives he wrote

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