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Joseph Conrad and Postcoloniality - Part 2: Heart of Darkness and Lord Jim

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Professor Peter McDonald talks to Great Writers Inspire about the Post/Colonial aspects of Joseph Conrad's writing.
In this second part, Peter closely analyses the narrative functions in Heart and Darkness and Lord Jim in order to consider what can be gained in reading these texts within the framework of post/colonial criticism.

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Interviews on Great Writers
People
Peter McDonald
Keywords
postcolonial
Lord Jim
racism
Heart of Darkness
#greatwriters
narrative
politics
Conrad
Achebe
Department: Faculty of English Language and Literature
Date Added: 28/08/2012
Duration: 00:24:50

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