%0 Journal Article
%T Braving the Seas: The Swimmer Image in Conrad's Fiction
%A Shukla, Narain Prasad
%J Yearbook of Conrad Studies
%V 2016
%R 10.4467/20843941YC.16.006.6852
%N Vol. 11
%P 87-92
%K image, swimmer, destiny, metaphor
%@ 1899-3028
%D 2017
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/yearbook-of-conrad-studies/article/braving-the-seas-the-swimmer-image-in-conrads-fiction
%X 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.