Der koloniale Raum als Reflexionsraum der Modernisierung. Postkoloniale Kulturkritik am Leitfaden von Joseph Conrads Heart of Darkness in deutsch- und englischsprachigen Romanen und Filmen der Gegenwart
Publication Date
December 8, 2021
Creator
Abstract
The study is an investigation of responses to Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness in German and English language literary and cinematic fictions. These fictions extend a critique of modernity implicit in Conrad's critique of colonialism. Through comparative Anglo-German literary and film analysis, the study intervenes in the ongoing debate about postcolonialism as "the restrospective re-phrasing of Modernity within the framework of 'globalisation'" (Hall 1996). Involving 'the imperial regulation of land, the discipline of the soul, and the creation of truth" (Turner 1990), modernity is significant in colonial discourse as it separates colonizing and colonized cultures as 'modern' and 'pre-modern'. The thesis starts by mapping historical and theoretical context, followed by a rereading of Conrad’s novella as a critique of both colonialism and modernity. The third part deals with case studies of post-1960s literary and cinematic sources responding to Conrad while also casting their postcolonial critique as a critique of modernity.
Item Type
ethesis
Thesis Type
PhD
Supervisors
Associated Schools / Departments
School of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies
eprints ID
66049
UoN Repository URI
Except where otherwise noted, this item's license is described as
File(s)![Thumbnail Image]()
Name
Punte, Karin_4261097.pdf
Type
Full-text
Description
Examined
Size
2.07 MB
Format
Adobe PDF
Checksum (MD5)
eeffe72f51d3f2e2b9ab2fe3442b6125