Knut Hamsuns Pan og Joseph Conrads Heart of Darkness

The article examines similarities between ”Glahns død. Et papir fra 1861”, i.e., the second part of Knut Hamsun’s novel Pan (1894), and Joseph Conrad’s Heart Darkness (1899). comparative analysis demonstrates that two texts have several common features both in terms setting, thematic aspects narrative technique. Both død” take as a point departure riverboat journey into jungle. thematize differences European civilization “uncivilized” exotic world focus on contrasts civilized primitive life, rational irrational behavior. stories are narrated by male narrator personality is strongly fascinated another man, each case text involves partially unreliable witness type narrator. describes some these modernist confirms position novels early modernism.