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In this paper, I examine the representation of the “Other” as portrayed in two selected novels: C... more In this paper, I examine the representation of the “Other” as portrayed in two selected novels: Conrad’s Heart of Darkness and Achebe’s Thing Fall Apart. The essay will attempt to inspect how the “Other” is viewed in Nineteenth Century Europe and the cultural ideology behind such representation. Then, the study will focus on Achebe’s novel Things Fall Apart and how he writes back to Conrad’s Heart of Darkness in an attempt to correct and discredit these distorted images surrounding the indigenous societies of Africa. In my analysis, I will adopt “the interdisciplinary approach”, which enables the researcher to bring as many perspectives as possible to colonial and postcolonial issues in relation to representation and resistance.
In this paper, I examine the representation of the “Other” as portrayed in two selected novels: C... more In this paper, I examine the representation of the “Other” as portrayed in two selected novels: Conrad’s Heart of Darkness and Achebe’s Thing Fall Apart. The essay will attempt to inspect how the “Other” is viewed in Nineteenth Century Europe and the cultural ideology behind such representation. Then, the study will focus on Achebe’s novel Things Fall Apart and how he writes back to Conrad’s Heart of Darkness in an attempt to correct and discredit these distorted images surrounding the indigenous societies of Africa. In my analysis, I will adopt “the interdisciplinary approach”, which enables the researcher to bring as many perspectives as possible to colonial and postcolonial issues in relation to representation and resistance.