The notion of a journey in selected prose works by Joseph Conrad and E.M. Forster

Abstract

This bachelor thesis focuses on a notion of a journey in selected prose works by Joseph Conrad and E. M. Forster. The aim is to trace and illustrate both physical and mental notion of a journey in these works. The theoretical part is concerned on Modernism as a literary movement and provides outline of political, social and scientific changes that had important effect not only on the position of the British Empire, but also on the individual and society as a whole. The practical part is concerned on analysis of the motif in the selected works in order to trace physical and mental notion of a journey and their interrelationship in The heart of darkness and A passage to India, in which journey and travelling play an important role.