Heart of Darkness Context

Flashcards summarizing key concepts and details from the lecture on post-colonial themes in literature.

Published Year

1899

Genre of the work

Modernist masterpiece with post-colonial realities.

Form of the work

Novella

Inspired by the author's own experience

True

Criticism of __'s imperialism.

Europe's

The novella depicts a psychological journey and criticism at Europe's __.

Imperialism

The context is set at the end of the __ trade.

Slave

European powers turned their sights to __.

Africa

Colonizers aimed to exploit Africa's natural __.

resources

Marlowe travels up the __ in 1890s.

Congo.

The author, __, attacked Belgian Imperialism.

Conrad

Criticism of __'s imperialism.

Europe

Fill in the blank: Europeans' colonialism was often cloaked in __ and civilized improvement.

Christian Charity.

Fill in the blank: Conrad attacked Belgian Imperialism yet offers a 19th Century European's view of Africans as __ and __.

primitive and savage

Fill in the blank: The book was assailed as racist and exhorted academics to eliminate it from the __.

curriculum.