In this lecture for Arts One at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, BC, Canada, Robert Crawford begins by discussing postcolonial criticisms of Conrad's novella by Chinua Achebe and Edward Said, and ways we might respond to these. He then discusses what the "heart of darkness" might be in the novel, including absurdity, lack of meaning. He concludes by talking about how many people may contribute to genocide such as is found in the novella simply by doing their jobs.
This video doesn't have the slides that went along with it; to see those, please go here: http://artsone-open.arts.ubc.ca/joseph-conrad-heart-of-darkness/
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