Luminaries in Shadows: Women in Conrad’s Heart of Darkness

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  • Dr. Shreeja Tripathi Sharma Assistant Professor, Department of English, Institute for Excellence in Higher Education, Bhopal, M.P, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24113/ijellh.v9i3.10960

Keywords:

Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness, Women, Feminism, Gender Roles

Abstract

Joseph Conrad’s novella Heart of Darkness is a popular modernist work which has often been implored for racist undercurrents. The characterisation of women in the novella remains frail and severely restricted. However, the seemingly mute and insignificant figures of the narrative are an ‘absent presence’ which shapes and directs Marlow’s spiritual quest into the “heart of darkness”. The novella is a text which captures the feminist ethos rising in the contemporary British society as an invisibly powerful undercurrent.

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References

Brantlinger, Patrick. “Heart of Darkness: Anti­Imperialism, Racism, orImpressionism?” Fictions of Empire. ed. John Kucich. Boston: Houghton­ Mifflin, 2003

Conrad, Joseph. Heart of Darkness. New Zealand: The Floating Press, 2008.

Watt, Ian. “Heart of Darkness and Nineteenth­Century Thought.” Joseph Conrad’sHeart of Darkness. Ed. Harold Bloom. New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1987.

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Published

2021-03-27

How to Cite

Sharma, D. S. T. . (2021). Luminaries in Shadows: Women in Conrad’s Heart of Darkness. SMART MOVES JOURNAL IJELLH, 9(3), 163–168. https://doi.org/10.24113/ijellh.v9i3.10960

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Vol. 9 No. 3 (2021): Volume 9, Issue 3, March 2021

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