how is jamesons criticism of conrads politics relevant to heart ofdarkness
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During the 17th and 18th century the Europeans turned their attention to Africa as the last piece of real estate available for looting. They had already divided amongst themselves the looting of the east , far east and the south east. Africa was virgin territory much closer to their armies and navies. These countries had an undeveloped civilization. There was no silver or gold initially but slaves were available and they were shipped to all the far away territories like US, South America, West Indies, Mauritius etc.
There was an explanation that the black man's soul was being developed. The rapacious business was always followed by the church.
Time is a great healer and today the world has forgotten the River Port of Unitsha on the river Niger from where millions of black people were traded away as slaves. The remenants of this Slave trade can still be seen.
The civilized world has always been exploiting the Innocents but that is how the world works. Even today the exploiting is going on in the name of International trade.
There was an explanation that the black man's soul was being developed. The rapacious business was always followed by the church.
Time is a great healer and today the world has forgotten the River Port of Unitsha on the river Niger from where millions of black people were traded away as slaves. The remenants of this Slave trade can still be seen.
The civilized world has always been exploiting the Innocents but that is how the world works. Even today the exploiting is going on in the name of International trade.
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Conrad's Heart of Darkness we move into the heart of Africa through the eyes of Marlow who views the outer world within his closed consciousness. Very descriptive pattern of writing produces a new kind of conception of self identity. Marlow's narration is more focused on inner consciousness than on the outward phenomenon. This new type of self-identity created by Conrad can be associated with his impressionist style. In Frderic Jameson's famous study, Joseph Conrad's fiction is understood as a contradictory construct of "imperfectly differentiated cultural spaces" and styles. Jameson argues that Conrad's stories betray a symptomatic split between a modernist "will to style" leading to an elaborate but essentially hollow 'impressionism'. Heart of Darkness too betrays the same split but this split between a modernist 'will-to-style' and impressionism corresponds to the contradiction of anti-imperialist novel which is also racist.
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