To start with, the thesis offers an introduction to the author Joseph Conrad, some features of his fiction, the rise of literary modernism, and a brief summary of the story of Nostromo.

• 论文首先简要地介绍了作者康拉德，他的小说的艺术特点，文学现代主义的崛起，以及小说《诺斯托罗莫》的故事情节。