In my postcolonial lit course, I applied Edward Said’s concept of Orientalism to Haggard’s “She” and Conrad’s “Heart of Darkness.” It’s not pretty.
Tag Archives: Colonialism
Orientalizing the Other
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My Course in Postcolonial Literature
In which I share the syllabus for my post-colonial literature course. I begin with British colonial works and end with Zadie Smith.
Columbus from the Natives’ Viewpoint
For an Indian perspective on Christopher Columbus, here’s Laguna Pueblo author Silko.
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An Early Advocate of Native Lives Matter
A recent SCOTUS ruling in favor of Indian rights brings to mind a Scott Bates poem about Christian Priber, an early fighter for Indian autonomy.
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Achebe vs. Trump’s Heart of Darkness
50 years ago, black protesters would have been seen as Conrad sees Africans in “Heart of Darkness,” an undifferentiated mass. Achebe helped change that.
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Conrad and White Male Panic
Tuesday This is a follow-up to yesterday’s post about how Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness provides special insight into white terrorism. At one point I mentioned Conrad’s own racism and sexism, which leads to an interesting literary question: can we consider a work a literary masterpiece if it has one-dimensional depictions of women and Africans? […]
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A Reminder Not to Forget War’s Ravages
Kipling’s “Recessional” curiously isn’t the imperialistic war poem that would have expected at Queen Victoria’s diamond jubilee.
“100 Years of Solitude” vs. United Fruit
In a battle between Garcia Marquez’s “100 Years of Solitude” and the corporate behemoth United Fruit, the novel ultimately won.
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