An Analysis of Chinua Achebe's an Image of Africa: Racism in Conrad's Heart of Darkness

ISBN-13: 9781912302802 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 88 str.

Clarke, Clare

Opis

Achebe was acutely conscious that western views of Africa were inevitably those of a culture that assumed itself superior-materially, intellectually, even spiritually.

Spis treści

Ways In to the Text  Who was Chinua Achebe?  What does An Image of Africa Say?  Why does An Image of Africa Matter?  Section 1: Influences  Module 1: The Author and the Historical Context  Module 2: Academic Context  Module 3: The Problem  Module 4: The Author's Contribution  Section 2: Ideas  Module 5: Main Ideas  Module 6: Secondary Ideas  Module 7: Achievement  Module 8: Place in the Author's Work  Section 3: Impact  Module 9: The First Responses  Module 10: The Evolving Debate  Module 11: Impact and Influence Today  Module 12: Where Next?  Glossary of Terms  People Mentioned in the Text  Works Cited

O autorze

Dr Clare Clarke holds a PhD in English Literature from Queen's University Belfast, specialising in Victorian Literature. She currently teaches Nineteenth-Century Literature at Trinity College Dublin.