Quest for Authentic Existence in Joseph Conrad's Lord Jim

Abstract

The present research work is a critical study of Joseph Conrad's Lord Jim from existential perspective.This work basically focuses on Jim's struggle for his authentic existence. He is in a quest to be, to exist as a human being. He tries to create his true self by the will and efforts of his own. He is trying to be authentic all the time acting on his own conscience. Jim is not successful either because he cannot acquire his authentic self. He fails in his efforts to become authentic because he just exists as an instrument or an object but not as a human being. So Jim fails in his quest for his authentic existence