Set in the 19th century Indian Ocean,Joseph Conrad's early novels present both a map of various trade competitions in the east Indian Ocean,specifically in the Malay Archipelago,and a picture of the East-West cultural conflicts thereof,opening up a new world for his contemporary literary imagination.In his early novels,Conrad exposes the trade monopoly and hegemony behind the so-called"freedom of the seas"promoted by the European maritime empires,while deeply exploring the profit-seeking nature of the cultural conflicts between Christianity and Islamism.Conrad's early writings of the Indian Ocean trade exhibit his superior cross-cultural critical consciousness and his moral conscience as a sea writer.
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约瑟夫·康拉德/印度洋/贸易书写/东西文化冲突
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Joseph Conrad/Indian Ocean/trade writings/East-West cultural conflicts
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