The Enigma Code of "The Secret Sharer".
While most commentary on Joseph Conrad's .short story, "The Secret Sharer," focuses on the loneliness of the Narrator-Captain and on his perception of the fugitive Leggatt as his "double, " this article shifts the attention away from these issues, and onto some other noteworthy aspects of the story....
| Published in: | Anachronist Vol. 21; no. 2; pp. 188 - 209 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=177912160&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 177912160 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 12192589 7N3 jtl: Anachronist issn: 12192589 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2023 vid: 21 iid: 2 pid: 20726 pub: Anachronist artinfo: ui: 177912160 10.53720/XWMA9014 ppf: 188 ppct: 21 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 1.7MB tig: atl: The Enigma Code of "The Secret Sharer". aug: au: KUTASH, GEORGE affil: Retired Senior Lecturer in Japanese, formerly of James Cook University in Townsville, Australia Undergraduate degree in Mathematics and Chinese Studies at Eötvös Loránd University Master's Degree in Area Studies at Tsukuba University, Japan PhD in Japanese Linguistics at James Cook University, Australia su: Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924 Social status Loneliness Social hierarchies Curiosities & wonders Reincarnation Personal names Sympathy sug: subj: Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924 Social status Loneliness Social hierarchies Curiosities & wonders Reincarnation Personal names Sympathy ab: While most commentary on Joseph Conrad's .short story, "The Secret Sharer," focuses on the loneliness of the Narrator-Captain and on his perception of the fugitive Leggatt as his "double, " this article shifts the attention away from these issues, and onto some other noteworthy aspects of the story. Conrad's piece of fiction is connected to a historical event which took place on board HMS Cutty Sark in 1880. There, Captain James Wallace committed suicide under the weight of responsibility he felt for a crime that had taken place on his clipper, and for his decision to allow the murder-accused to quietly slip away, thus perverting the course of justice. As an analysis of hints given in the story as to the protagonists' age and personal circumstances reveals, Conrad's Narrator-Captain is, in fact, James Wallace's fictional reincarnation, for whom Conrad rewrites history and provides him with a triumphant denouement. Conrad, thus, gives a different finale to the real-life saga and rescues young Captain James Wallace form an ignominious suicidal end. Conrad is motivated in this both by personal sympathy, and by social-class solidarity felt for Captain James Wallace. Further, the article contains a discussion of the structure of the narrative, which shows that the first half of the text is crafted in the form of a "tale of assembly," and an examination of the naming convention, which reveals that Conrad's practice of naming or leaving a person un-named in the story marks position in social hierarchy, and is a deliberate device. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Anachronist is the property of Anachronist and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Anachronist holder: Anachronist dt: @attributes: year: 2023 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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