ENGL 203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Henry Morton Stanley, British Subject, Archduke Franz Ferdinand Of Austria
3 Sep 2018
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Conrad grew up without a country; hated russia. Became a sailor in the british merchant; because of his time in the navy he became a naturalized british subject. The congo free state (1885 1908), privately controlled by king leopold ii (belgium) 1899 first version: the heart of darkness (published in installments) Note the dropping of the definite article. The position of the narrator; relationship between the narrator and the protagonist is very ambiguous. Critical reception of heart of darkness: between the quintessential modernist text and accusations of racism: denies proper representation to the african population. Ma(cid:396)lo(cid:449)(cid:859)s sto(cid:396)y (cid:894)(cid:395)uoted f(cid:396)o(cid:373) (cid:373)e(cid:373)o(cid:396)y (cid:271)y the (cid:374)a(cid:396)(cid:396)ato(cid:396)(cid:895) Frames within frames mise en abyne. The (cid:862)laye(cid:396)s(cid:863) i(cid:374) the sto(cid:396)y (cid:272)(cid:396)eates a dista(cid:374)(cid:272)e (cid:271)et(cid:449)ee(cid:374) the (cid:396)eade(cid:396) a(cid:374)d ku(cid:396)tz; the (cid:396)eade(cid:396) and marlow. Captain of the boat not some well accomplished sea farer, but a director of some company: appearances are deceiving.
