Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

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Heart of Darknessby Joseph Conrad

• Literary Terms

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Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

• Social Darwinism an extension of Darwinism to
  social phenomena specifically a theory in
  sociology sociocultural advance is the product
  of intergroup conflict and competition and the
  socially elite classes (as those possessing
  wealth and power) possess biological superiority
  in the struggle for existence.

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Heart of Darkness

• Foil character a minor character whose
  situation or actions parallel those of a major
  character, and thus by contrast sets off or
  illuminates the major character most often the
  contrast is complimentary to the major character.

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Heart of Darkness

• The Absurd the state or condition in which man
  exists in an irrational and meaningless universe
  and in which mans life has no meaning outside
  his own existence.

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Heart of Darkness

• Absurdism a philosophy based on the belief that
  man exists in an irrational and meaningless
  universe and that his search for order brings him
  into conflict with his universe.

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Introduction to Jung

• Adapted from
• Burke, Colleen. Joseph Conrads Heart of
  Darkness A Metaphor of Jungian Psychology.
  Retrieved 18 February 2010. lthttp//www.ljhammond.
  com/phlit/burke.htmgt

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Carl G. Jung1875-1961

• founder of analytical psychology
• religious expression arises from the psyches
  inner drive toward a healthy balance of
  individual consciousness and the collective
  unconscious.
• collective unconscious, or objective psyche, is
  shared by all humankind. Includes archetypes,
  which govern the way symbols and psychic images
  are processed

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Carl G. Jung1875-1961

• recognizing archetypal patterns is key to
  understanding dreams and the process of
  individuation
• individuation is the striving toward a personal
  unity of consciousness and unconsciousness, and
  of the person with the Whole. Can be called the
  Journey to Wholeness.

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Jungs Model of the Psyche

• ego the part of myself that Im conscious of
• persona hides my ego from the outer world

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Jungs Model of the Psyche

• personal unconscious contains forgotten or
  never-conscious experiences of various kinds
• collective unconscious connects me with the
  whole human experience

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Jungs Model of the Psyche

• anima feminine center of a man
• animus masculine center of a woman

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Jungs Model of the Psyche

• Self whole person, conscious and unconscious
  acts as center, seeking to organize the whole

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Jungs Model of the Psyche

• Shadow all that is unconscious, but can be
  energized by repressed feelings, anger, old
  hurts, etc. If not recognized or made conscious,
  its energy can be projected onto others and the
  faults I see in others are really my own