반-스파이소설과 반-추리소설로서의 『비밀요원』
The Secret Agent as Anti-Spy and Anti-Detective Novel
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This paper reads The Secret Agent as an anti-spy and anti-detective fiction. The Secret Agent subverts the convention of spy novels through the degrading representation of a spy character and his espionage. Verlock, the double agent in the novel, stands as the opposite of the ideal spy—the young, brave, smart, good-looking hero. His intelligence operation is represented in terms of running a porn shop. The Secret Agent deconstructs the formulas of detective fiction by subversively representing law, crime, science, home and family. In the Secret Agent, there is no distinction between criminals and law enforcement officers; the confidence in scientific investigation is denied; and home functions as the hotbed of abuse and murder. The Secret Agent not only performs anti-genre experiments but displays a totally different view on the world. Showing the dark and pessimistic view of the world which would emerge in hard-boiled detective fiction after the World War One, it proves that Conrad has an apocalyptic insight into the future.
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This paper reads The Secret Agent as an anti-spy and anti-detective fiction. The Secret Agent subverts the convention of spy novels through the degrading representation of a spy character and his espionage. Verlock, the double agent in the novel, stands as the opposite of the ideal spy—the young, brave, smart, good-looking hero. His intelligence operation is represented in terms of running a porn shop. The Secret Agent deconstructs the formulas of detective fiction by subversively representing law, crime, science, home and family. In the Secret Agent, there is no distinction between criminals and law enforcement officers; the confidence in scientific investigation is denied; and home functions as the hotbed of abuse and murder. The Secret Agent not only performs anti-genre experiments but displays a totally different view on the world. Showing the dark and pessimistic view of the world which would emerge in hard-boiled detective fiction after the World War One, it proves that Conrad has an apocalyptic insight into the future.
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