tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584058713548027639.post5410274461677939972..comments2024-03-15T07:00:58.874+07:00Comments on Fanda Classiclit: Heart of Darkness – The Second and Third Level InquiryFanda Classiclithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07642429343958941266noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584058713548027639.post-29298538219974020602013-04-15T11:53:07.232+07:002013-04-15T11:53:07.232+07:00And I thought I'm the only one who failed with...And I thought I'm the only one who failed with this novella....Fanda Classiclithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07642429343958941266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584058713548027639.post-1866936649651620402013-04-15T11:16:03.066+07:002013-04-15T11:16:03.066+07:00Fanda,
I failed with Heart of Darkness. I read th...Fanda,<br />I failed with Heart of Darkness. I read through the whole thing, but I just could not get into it. I decided to skip all of the summaries and inquiries just to move on. I need something more uplifting. Ruth @ with freedom and bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15531827758868215023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584058713548027639.post-48041648616236874632012-12-22T09:00:42.542+07:002012-12-22T09:00:42.542+07:00I didn't see any traces of racism in Heart of ...I didn't see any traces of racism in Heart of Darkness, actually I wonder why people make a fuss over this. I think he just wanted to emphasis the colonialism and the contradictions as you mentioned. I think Conrad even slightly defended the blacks by pointing out that the cannibals did not try to eat the whites when they got chance on the boat.<br /><br />Thanks for the articles, they're interesting!Fanda Classiclithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07642429343958941266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584058713548027639.post-14416013470918172252012-12-22T05:50:35.544+07:002012-12-22T05:50:35.544+07:00One of the ongoing debates is whether or Conrad in...One of the ongoing debates is whether or Conrad in writing Heart of Darkness is a 'bloody racist' as Chinua Achebe famously said in his essay "An Image of Africa: Racism in Heart of Darkness." Do you think he was racist or trying to point out the contradictions and failings of European attitudes toward Africans? <br /><br />Here is an article that talks more about the debate:<br />http://www.qub.ac.uk/schools/SchoolofEnglish/imperial/africa/Conrad-readings.htm<br /><br />The same questions hold for Kipling's stories about India:<br />http://wutheringexpectations.blogspot.com/2012/12/it-is-said-to-be-most-gruesome-story-in.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com