"Srce tame" Josepha Conrada u svjetlu postkolonijalne književne teorije
„Heart of Darkness“ by Joseph Conrad in the Sight of a Postcolonial Literary Theory
Author(s): Melida TravančićSubject(s): Review
Published by: J.U. Javna biblioteka »Alija Isaković«, Gradačac
Keywords: Joseph Conrad; “Heart of Darkness”; postcolonial literary theory; symbolic story about destruction; „mission civilisatrice“; difference of cultures; stereotypes about African culture
Summary/Abstract: Critical review of Joseph Conrad’s novel “Heart of Darkness” in which it was analyzed, starting from theoretical premises of postcolonial literary theory, a wider historical and social contest of events which thematize the Conrad's novel, and that is the colonization of Africa and relation between colonists and dependants. In review the concept of culture is considered in the context of projecting stereotypes about the others, and also in the context of multiplicity of meaning of the concept.
Journal: DIWAN
- Issue Year: 2009
- Issue No: 27-28
- Page Range: 210-219
- Page Count: 10
- Language: Bosnian