《黑暗的心》是著名作家约瑟夫·康拉德的一部最具代表性的作品,也是象征主义手法独具匠心的一部佳品,长期被誉为最优秀的短篇小说之一(英国文学史),它以独具匠心的象征主义手法,向广大的读者展现了失去社会规范的约束后,人类内心贪欲、邪恶的无限膨胀,最终导致欧洲文明的道德危机。《黑暗的心》中的“黑暗”和“心”是该小说的两大象征体,深化了整篇小说的思想内涵,本文简单阐述了这两大象征体的文化寓意。 The Heart of Darkness is one of the most representative works of the famous writer Joseph Conrad. It is also one of the best works of symbolism and has long been hailed as one of the best short stories (History of British Literature) With its distinctive symbolism, it shows the majority of readers the boundless social norms, the greed of mankind infinite expansion, eventually leading to the moral crisis of European civilization. “Darkness” and “Heart” in “Dark Heart” are two symbols of the novel, deepening the ideological connotation of the whole novel. This article simply expounds the cultural implication of these two symbols.