《诺斯托罗莫》:帝国“最大的一张画布”

Nostromo:"the Greatest Canvas" of the British Empire

康拉德的代表作之一《诺斯托罗莫》规模宏大、结构复杂、人物众多，被他称为自己“最大的一张画布”。但是，该小说却没有引起国内学术界的重视，小说中活跃着美国资本家、欧洲殖民者与当地土著居民等众多形形色色的人物。本文从分析小说人物入手，揭示康拉德在小说中对近代帝国境况的描述，并论述其对帝国的复杂态度。

Nostromo, one of Conrad＇s representative works, is called ＂the greatest canvas＂ by Conrad himself. Nostromo is broad in scope, complicated in structure. There are various kinds of characters in the novel such as the American capitalists,the European colonialists and the aboriginals. Based on the analysis of the characters in the novel, the present paper brings to light Conrad＇s complex attitudes towards the British Empire in the novel and how Conrad reestablishses the circumstances of the the British Empire.