Journal of Undergraduate Research
Keywords
Apollo Korzeniowski, Joseph Conrad, prototype
College
Humanities
Department
English
Abstract
Though he became one of England’s greatest writers, Joseph Conrad was a native of Poland. His father, Apollo Korzeniowski, was a writer, Polish patriot, and martyr for his country. For this grant, I proposed to research the plausibility of Apollo as a prototype for one of Conrad’s most complex characters: Kurtz of Heart of Darkness. Prior to receiving the ORCA grant, I had written a paper with this thesis and submitted it to Conradiana, a leading peer-reviewed Conrad journal. In response, I received a letter from the editor and comments from a reviewer, both confirming that my argument was original, but lacked in-depth engagement with Conrad criticism. I was encouraged to situate my argument in the criticism and resubmit the paper. I proposed to perform an extensive survey of the criticism and biographical sources, with the intent to resubmit the paper to Conradiana.
Recommended Citation
Jasinski, Peter M. and Tanner, Dr. John S.
(2014)
"Apollo’s Ghost: Joseph Conrad’s Father as Kurtz Prototype,"
Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2014:
Iss.
1, Article 610.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2014/iss1/610