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Published in 1902, '''''Heart of Darkness''''' is a short novel by [[Joseph Conrad]]. The narrator, Marlow, describes a voyage down the [[Congo]] into  [[Africa]] for a British ivory company, in search of a renegade company man named Kurtz.  The novel is notable for its extraordinary denseness and the richness of the allusions and imagery created by Conrad.
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Published in 1902, '''''Heart of Darkness''''' is a short novel by the Polish-British writer [[Joseph Conrad]]. It contains only about 38,000 words.
  
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== Imperialist Criticism ==
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In this novella (short novel), a man named Marlow recounts a trip to [[Africa]], where he gradually learns about a very mysterious man named Kurtz, encountering many horrifying events along the way. ''Heart of Darkness'' is a harsh criticism of [[European]] [[imperialism]].
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''Heart of Darkness'' has been interpreted variously as a criticism of [[European]] [[imperialism]] or in casual support of it; the subject is not treated with any directness in the novel.  Marlow acts with casual racism and a typically unconscious European attitude as he ventures deep into the center of Africa - the titular "heart of darkness" by way of being the dark continent, the center of the unknown, and being filled with people with dark skin.  Famed African writer and critic Chinua Achebe argued that the novel dehumanizes the people of Africa, treating them as animals and scenery rather than characters in any real respect.
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It is available in the [[public domain]],<ref>https://www.gutenberg.org/files/219/219-h/219-h.htm</ref> and is required reading for many high school students.  English was not Conrad's first language, and he had some odd linguistic habits such as using a high number of words ending in "-less".<ref>http://www.academypublication.com/issues/past/tpls/vol03/03/08.pdf</ref>  On occasion, the book contains some long-winded paragraphs.
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In 1979 Francis Ford Coppola released a film adaption of ''Heart of Darkness'' set during the [[Vietnam War]] titled ''Apocalypse Now''.
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Latest revision as of 05:31, December 1, 2019

Published in 1902, Heart of Darkness is a short novel by the Polish-British writer Joseph Conrad. It contains only about 38,000 words.

In this novella (short novel), a man named Marlow recounts a trip to Africa, where he gradually learns about a very mysterious man named Kurtz, encountering many horrifying events along the way. Heart of Darkness is a harsh criticism of European imperialism.

It is available in the public domain,[1] and is required reading for many high school students. English was not Conrad's first language, and he had some odd linguistic habits such as using a high number of words ending in "-less".[2] On occasion, the book contains some long-winded paragraphs.

In 1979 Francis Ford Coppola released a film adaption of Heart of Darkness set during the Vietnam War titled Apocalypse Now.

References

  1. ↑ https://www.gutenberg.org/files/219/219-h/219-h.htm
  2. ↑ http://www.academypublication.com/issues/past/tpls/vol03/03/08.pdf
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