How is one group or ideology privileged over another in this text? (race & ethnicity in heart of darkness.)
Date Submitted: 03/30/2004 20:07:59
Category: / Literature / European Literature
Length: 8 pages (2092 words)
Category: / Literature / European Literature
Length: 8 pages (2092 words)
RACE & ETHNICITY in
Heart of Darkness
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At the turn of the 19th century European imperialism, even though racist and corrupt, was viewed as "a crusade worthy of this century of progress" (Introduction {to Heart of Darkness}, Robert Hampson. pg20) by King Leopold of Belgium. Heart of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad, reflects the colonial attitudes of that time, in relation to the black Africans who are commonly viewed and described as primitive and inferior and …
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…the narrative, to appear inferior to the Europeans.
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*BIBLIOGRAPHY*
 Congo (documentary), BBC 2001
 Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad. Penguin 2000 (referred to just as 'pg')
 Introduction (of Heart of Darkness), Robert Hampson. Penguin 2000
 www.arts.uwa.edu.au/MotsPluriels/MP1300pmw.html
 www.cwrl.utexas.edu/~benjamin/316kfall/316kunit3/studentprojects/conrad/people.html
 www.gradesaver.com/ClassicNotes/Titles/heartofdarkness/fullsumm.html
 www.novelguide.com/heartofdarkness/characterprofiles.html
 www.sparknotes.com/lit/heart/themes.html
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