The Representation and Extension of Imperial Discourse——From the Novel Lord Jimto the Movie Avatar

By a comparison of the story background,character destiny,and narrative plot of the two works—Lord Jim and Avatar,Lord Jim,a novel spreading the imperial discourse through the narration of an"Oriental"Malay island,is viewed as the archetype of Avatar which propagandizes the imperial ideology,represents and extends the Orientalism embedded in Lord Jim.In the context of globalization,Western countries disseminate their imperial discourse and ideology not only by means of novels,but through such more extensive,effective and influential cultural means like movies to ensure the implementation of cultural hegemony over the third-world countries and even the whole world.