ENG140Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Nonlinear Narrative, Frame Story, Chinua Achebe
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Chinua achebe an image of africa: racism in conrad"s heart of. States joseph conrad was a thoroughgoing racist . Other critics see the novella in diff. point of views, opposing views could be argued that conrad is working within the. Exploration/adventure genre that was apparent at the time or that he was not working in that genre. Diverging points of views = shows that a piece of text is not static; is always unchanging in its meanings. Modernism introduction of new subject matter, pushing boundaries challenging forms of storytelling (ex. averting from the general story plot outline non-linear storytelling, framing + embedded narrative, etc. ) Example; in heart of darkness; marlow = is a man who struggles to tell a story. Literary crux = a point in a text that can"t be resolved. Remains ambiguous, many readings can be done, but there is no one true reading. Reoccurances of words in heart of darkness like:
