Author: Salath Monica W

Abstract: The geography and psych phony of the journey executed in the frame of the novella “The Heart of Darkness” by Joseph Conrad has been discussed in the present paper identifying the physical journey into the African woods and the equally significant psychological journey conducted in the characters. This paper exposes how the geography of the African settings is entangled with the characters’ thoughts and conflicts. In the analysis, the emphasis is made on such aspects as the Congo River, both, the European and the African contexts of the colonizers and colonized, and colonial engineering. The paper will discuss the specificity of the cable area and place as seen by Conrad and how that adds to the stories’ meaning together with an analysis of the way colonialism reduces the human identity. Consequently, this research establishes how Conrad’s work conveys the concept of psychogeography, particularly with respect to colonialism and its influence on mentality. Thus, in relation to the processes of discussing, the psychogeographic theory study offers new insight into the multilayered construct of environment and human subjectivity of consciousness.

Keywords: Geography, Psychogeography, Colonialism, African Setting, Human Identity

Article Info: Received: 25 Jul 2024; Received in revised form: 19 Aug 2024; Accepted: 23 Aug 2024; Available online: 28 Aug 2024

DOI: 10.22161/ijels.94.44