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Kurtz’s Last Words: A Vision for Redemption in Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness
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Hafsah Albarrak
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DOI:10.17265/2159-5836/2017.08.002
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Dammam University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
ABSTRACT
The present study takes into cognition Edward Said’s critical appraisal of Heart of Darkness in his book Culture and Imperialism. The present study will focus on two main points. Firstly, the imperial idea from the Eurocentric perspective the conventional image of imperialism as a redemptive force, unavoidable and inevitable in the dark world of Africa. Secondly, it also focuses upon what should never be shared “the waste and horror, of Europe’s mission in the dark world.”
KEYWORDS
imperialism, Africa, Blacks, political narrative
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Zelinck, S. (2013). Conrad’s bloody Imperialism: Achebe, Said, and what Conrad really wrote. Victorian Web.5 Sept, Retrieved from http://www.victorianweb.org/authors/conrad/zelnick.html