Before and After the Bomb : A Study of Narration and Politics in Conrad’s The Secret Agent

Before and After the Bomb : A Study of Narration and Politics in Conrad’s The Secret Agent

The aim of this essay is to investigate ways in which the narrative in Joseph Conrad’s The Secret Agent reflects the political views within and around the novel. The narrative focus of the essay is plot-structure and focalisation, and the political focus circles around anarchy and anarchism. The ess...

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Main Author: Karlsson, Tilda
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för språk (SPR) 2016
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"The Secret Agent"
Conrad
narration
focalisation
plot-structure
anarchy
anarchism
irony
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spelling ndltd-UPSALLA1-oai-DiVA.org-lnu-524552016-08-03T05:05:13ZBefore and After the Bomb : A Study of Narration and Politics in Conrad’s The Secret AgentengKarlsson, TildaLinnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för språk (SPR)2016"The Secret Agent"Conradnarrationfocalisationplot-structureanarchyanarchismironyThe aim of this essay is to investigate ways in which the narrative in Joseph Conrad’s The Secret Agent reflects the political views within and around the novel. The narrative focus of the essay is plot-structure and focalisation, and the political focus circles around anarchy and anarchism. The essay discusses how the anarchist’s belief in individual freedom and Conrad’s scepticism towards politics is reflected in the novel’s narration. I also discuss how the narrator uses irony to reflect Conrad’s scepticism. Student thesisinfo:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesistexthttp://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-52455application/pdfinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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plot-structure
anarchy
anarchism
irony
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focalisation
plot-structure
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anarchism
irony
Karlsson, Tilda
Before and After the Bomb : A Study of Narration and Politics in Conrad’s The Secret Agent
description The aim of this essay is to investigate ways in which the narrative in Joseph Conrad’s The Secret Agent reflects the political views within and around the novel. The narrative focus of the essay is plot-structure and focalisation, and the political focus circles around anarchy and anarchism. The essay discusses how the anarchist’s belief in individual freedom and Conrad’s scepticism towards politics is reflected in the novel’s narration. I also discuss how the narrator uses irony to reflect Conrad’s scepticism.
author Karlsson, Tilda
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title Before and After the Bomb : A Study of Narration and Politics in Conrad’s The Secret Agent
title_short Before and After the Bomb : A Study of Narration and Politics in Conrad’s The Secret Agent
title_full Before and After the Bomb : A Study of Narration and Politics in Conrad’s The Secret Agent
title_fullStr Before and After the Bomb : A Study of Narration and Politics in Conrad’s The Secret Agent
title_full_unstemmed Before and After the Bomb : A Study of Narration and Politics in Conrad’s The Secret Agent
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publisher Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för språk (SPR)
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