Joseph Conrad and Postcoloniality - Part 1: Conrad and Chinua Achebe

Professor Peter McDonald talks to Great Writers Inspire about the Post/Colonial aspects of Joseph Conrad's writing. In this first part, Peter takes Chinua Achebe's 1975 critique of Conrad as a starting point.

Achebe deemed Conrad a 'bloody racist', and McDonald considers how Conrad's relationship to language and narrative complicates this.

Date Published: 28 August 2012
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Contributors: Peter McDonald
In Collection(s): Joseph Conrad, Chinua Achebe, Colonial Writers
Keywords: joseph conrad, #greatwriters, postcolonial, Chinua Achebe, racism, narrative, politics, first person, nationality, heart of darkness
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