CLA204H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: The Yellow Wallpaper, Latin American Economic System, Gie
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Wrote essay of racism in heart of darkness (posted on blackboard) No room for complexity or for individuation, and this idea is pervasive for achebe: he sees it in all sorts of cultural representations, one of which being heart of darkness. A(cid:272)k(cid:374)o(cid:449)ledges co(cid:374)(cid:396)ad"s skill (cid:271)ut it"s o(cid:374)l(cid:455) (cid:396)eall(cid:455) due to his skill to pe(cid:396)suade a(cid:374)d i(cid:374)du(cid:272)e (cid:862)h(cid:455)p(cid:374)oti(cid:272) stupo(cid:396)(cid:863) upo(cid:374) his (cid:396)eade(cid:396)s that (cid:373)akes us thi(cid:374)k the (cid:396)eadi(cid:374)g is good. Also criticizes there are too many adjectives in the book. Juxtaposition between silence and frenzy: two possibilities for how to represent africa; se(cid:374)se of te(cid:374)sio(cid:374) a(cid:374)d i(cid:374)e(cid:454)p(cid:396)essi(cid:271)ilit(cid:455) ie. we (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t u(cid:374)de(cid:396)sta(cid:374)d af(cid:396)i(cid:272)a as it is (cid:271)oth still a(cid:374)d frenzy, and neither of those poles are accessible to us. Achebe gives account of some racist tropes in the novel. A possible interpretation: it is marlow who is racist, not conrad: but achebe recognizes this technique, notices a distancing of conrad to marlow.
