＂That Legacy of a Boatful of Pirates＂-Conspiracy in Joseph Conrad's Almayer's Folly and An Outcast of the Islands

This paper discusses pirate conspiracy as the nexus between text and context in Joseph Conrad's Malay novels. It argues that the narrative of An Outcast of the Islands, which establishes itself as the prequel to Almayer's Folly, points to an under-represented past-the suppression of piracy. It demonstrates that the legacy of this ＂beginning＂ contributes to the conspiracy which propels the narrative events. This paper shows that the ＂originary impetus＂ of the pirates suggests a ＂textual＂ impetus to return to the beginning, and that the local conspiracy of the pirate is compatible with regional sentiment across Borneo in reaction to the suppression of piracy. This paper calls for attention on conspiracy in Conrad who witnessed an epoch when conspiracy was a powerful strategy for colonial resistance.

關鍵字

conspiracy ； piracy ； Conrad's Malay novels

並列摘要

本文探討康拉德早期馬來小說裡之海盜陰謀，並解讀其與「歷史／虛構」之糾葛。作者認為《海島逐客》可視為《艾邁爺的愚舍》之首部曲，而前者意指掃蕩海盜的歷史為馬來小說「未現完全」之過去，使其文本隱藏另一「首部曲」。論文剖析此文本回歸動向與海盜陰謀動向之關連。馬來小說裡地方性的海盜陰謀實與婆羅洲區域性的反歐活動不謀而合。「整船海盜的後果」點出馬來海盜的反動歷史，也襯托出康拉德的歷史關懷。