Sökning: "Heart of darkness"

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  1. 1. Och då du länge blickar in i en avgrund, blickar avgrunden också in i dig. : Ekofobi och kolonial ångest i Joseph Conrads Heart of Darkness och Algernon Blackwoods The Man Whom the Trees Loved

    Kandidat-uppsats, Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för kultur och lärande

    Författare :Melika Söderlund Kanarp; [2024]
    Nyckelord :Ecophobia; colonialism; Joseph Conrad; Heart of Darkness; Algernon Blackwood; Ekofobi; kolonialism; Joseph Conrad; Heart of Darkness; Algernon Blackwood;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis aims to examine the manifestation of ecophobia in negative emotional expressions in Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad and “The Man Whom the Trees Loved” by Algernon Blackwood and how this relates to colonialism and colonial anxiety. The term ecophobia, popularized by Simon C. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Cultural Clash and Colonial Consequences: A Comprehensive Analysis of Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart

    Kandidat-uppsats, Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Författare :Foosey Abdulgadir; [2023]
    Nyckelord :European missionaries; Christianity; Postcolonialism; Igbo culture; Cultural clash; Christian missionaries; ancestral spirits; British colonialists;

    Sammanfattning : This paper explores Chinua Achebe's novel Things Fall Apart (1958) within the context of postcolonial theory, focusing on the clash between traditional Igbo culture and the forces of European imperialism. Achebe's work serves as a response to Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness (1899) and challenges the stereotypical portrayal of Africans. LÄS MER

  4. 3. A Remote Kinship : Using Heart of Darkness to Promote an Anti-Essentialist and Anti-Racist Understanding of Race and Ethnicity in the EFL Classroom

    Kandidat-uppsats,

    Författare :Rudy Lindberg; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Heart of Darkness; Race; Essentialism; Anti-essentialism;

    Sammanfattning : Heart of Darkness does raise several issues when used in a teaching context. For instance, the novella depicts the Congolese as primitive, animalistic, ignorant, and superstitious. Thus, it perpetuates racist tropes about Africans that unfortunately still exist today. LÄS MER

  5. 4. What Role for Europe? : An analysis of the political discourse of the heads of state or government of the European Union on Twitter during the first thirty days of the Russian invasion of Ukraine

    Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Författare :Camille Robert van Hees; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Europe; EU; political discourse analysis; 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine; Twitter;

    Sammanfattning : On 24 February 2022, war returned to Europe, and the EU faced an enormous external crisis at its doorstep. As leaders' words and political discourse play a significant role during crises, it is crucial to study the reaction of EU leaders to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. LÄS MER

  7. 5. A critique of racism and colonialism in Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness

    Kandidat-uppsats, Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och lärande

    Författare :Menel Amamou; [2022]
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