TY - JOUR
TI - The Sinister Oracle. Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness and Virgil’s Aeneid
AU - Pypłacz, Joanna
TI - The Sinister Oracle. Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness and Virgil’s Aeneid
AB - The aim of this article is to re-examine the links between Heart of Darkness and the Aeneid—the Latin epic which is already known to have served as the main hypotext for Joseph Conrad’s novella. The transformation of several important motifs—such as those of the sacrifice, white worsted, the ivory gate and, finally, that of the prophetic voice—reveals that Conrad has shifted the focal point of Virgil’s dark tale, placing the figure of the Oracle—who has been disguised and transformed in a highly sophisticated manner—to its very centre.
VL - 2017
IS - Vol. 12
PY - 2018
SN - 1899-3028
C1 - 2084-3941
SP - 47
EP - 58
DO - 10.4467/20843941YC.17.003.8660
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/yearbook-of-conrad-studies/article/the-sinister-oracle-joseph-conrads-heart-of-darkness-and-virgils-aeneid
KW - Heart of Darkness
KW - Aeneid
KW - Conrad
KW - Virgil
KW - oracle
KW - Sibyl
KW - Kurtz
KW - katabasis
KW - death
KW - night