康拉德的论者多据康氏小说中对黑暗、死亡等的描写而认为他是一个冷峻的、甚至悲观的作家 ,这诚然是有道理的 ;但他们往往无视乃至否定其作品中的幽默的、喜剧性的一面 ,这却至少是片面的。我们只要对康拉德作品中滑稽角色和死亡场景的描写进行更深入细致的分析 ,就可以看到康拉德作品中蕴含的幽默、喜剧性的一面 ,这一特征源于狂欢化的文学传统 Conrad’s critics, based on his description of darkness and death in his novels, consider him to be a solemn and even pessimistic writer, which makes sense; however, they often ignore or even deny the humor in their works The comic, this is at least one-sided. As long as we carry out a more detailed and detailed analysis of the descriptions of the comic roles and death scenes in Conrad’s works, we can see the humorous and comedy side of Conrad’s works, a feature derived from the carnivalistic literary tradition