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Abstract
In the present thesis, an attempt has been made to investigate Joseph Conrad’s attitude to revolution through a careful analysis of his three ”political novels” Nostrolno, The Secret Agent and Under Western Eyes.
The study has shown a number of points. The first of these is that Conrad adopts an antagonistic approach in his
dealimg with revolutioary action. This hostIle stance has something to do with his early life and up-bringing in Poland, his mother-land. As a result of his father’s revolutionary activities, Conrad suffered much at an early age at the hands of Tsarist Russia. Throughout his life, he could hardly forget that once his family was banished to a distant province in southern Russia just because his father defended the independence of his country against its enemies. Indeed, this had a tremendous impact on his temperament, which in turn affected his political views. One ITIay say that such a bitter experience as this left thoroughly pessimistic of any revolution. Besides, it made shrink from the idea of revolutionary action- something that he expresses vividly through his ”political oeuvre.”
Hence, Conrad’s stance on political action IS that of a pessimist or a sceptic who writes primarily to reject out of hand.