TY - JOUR
TI - Braving the Seas: The Swimmer Image in Conrad's Fiction
AU - Shukla, Narain Prasad
TI - Braving the Seas: The Swimmer Image in Conrad's Fiction
AB - The purpose of this paper is to examine the recurrence of the image of a swimmer in the fiction of Joseph Conrad. The image appears at the key place of the narrative and constitutes its turning point. It functions in Conrad’s fiction in two forms: as a metaphor for individual struggle against destiny, and as a device of characterisation. In both forms the image constitutes an instrument of integration of Conrad’s works, which are otherwise widely different from one another in tone, texture, colouring and content. 
VL - 2016
IS - Vol. 11
PY - 2017
SN - 1899-3028
C1 - 2084-3941
SP - 87
EP - 92
DO - 10.4467/20843941YC.16.006.6852
UR - https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/yearbook-of-conrad-studies/artykul/braving-the-seas-the-swimmer-image-in-conrads-fiction
KW - image
KW - swimmer
KW - destiny
KW - metaphor