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teach.com: Heart of Darkness
These printable educators' resources feature discussion questions and
activity suggestions are designed to stimluate discussion, creativity,
and interest that extends beyond the pages of the book into related
historical, scientific, or social concerns.
Discoverylesson.com:
Lesson Plan
In this lesson plan students will understand how the novel reflects
the world as Conrad saw it and students will have a chance to write
their own ending for the novel. Included are discussion questions and
recommended readings.
Postimperial
and Postcolonial Literature in English
Site contains an essay on racism in the Heart of Darkness by another
well known scholar in post-colonial literature: Chinua Achebe.
Links to
Historical Texts
Collection of historical texts from the Congo reform movement, including
literary responses by Joseph Conrad and Mark Twain, and books, pamphlets,
newsletters and articles published by the Congo Reform Association and
its supporters from 1903 to 1916.
The
Congo Reform Movement in England, 1896-1904
From the preface to King Leopold's Rule in Africa (London: Heinemann,
1904). A review of the revelations of atrocities and early actions of
the Congo reform movement in England.
The Congo
Reform Movement in the United States
Brief overview of the formation and activities of the American Congo
Reform Association
Africa
and Africans in Conrad's Heart of Darkness
A Lawrence University Freshman Studies Lecture. An extended lecture/essay
that argues the Heart of Darkness is a postcolonial parable. Topic under
discussion are: The Setting: The Thames and the Congo, Postcolonial
Critique, Achebe's critique and Images of Illness in Africa. Note: Related
links are dead.
Heart of Darkness: The
Hypertext Annotation
Collaborative hypertext annotation of Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness.
Related articles of interest: Joseph Conrad Biography, History of the
Congo, Conrad in the Congo, Present Day Congo.
Joseph
Conrad's Heart of Darkness: A Literary Critique of Imperialism
Online essay in which author argues that "Heart of Darkness exposes
imperialism's exploitation of foreign lands and people, leaving the
imperialist agents themselves empty and deranged."
Apocalypse
Now
Overview and related articles from the Internet Movie Database
Heart
of the Apocalypse: WebQuest
Activity that relates Heart of Darkness to ivory poaching in Africa
today.
BBC:
The Story of Africa
This BBC site features Africa's top historians and analyzes the events
and characters that have shaped the continent from the origins of humankind
to the end of South African apartheid. Among the topics covered are
the rise and fall of empires and kingdoms, the power of religion, the
injustices of slavery, and the expansion of trade between Africa and
other continents. Features audio segments.
Wonders of the African
World
In this PBS companion site Harvard University professor Henry Louis
Gates Jr. challenges the widespread Western view of Africa as the primitive
"dark continent" civilized by white colonists. The series
covers Black Pharaohs, Meroe, Gedi, the Swahili People, Zanzibar, the
Ashanti and Dahomey (Benin) Kingdoms, Aksum, Gondar, the Churches of
Lalibela, the Dogon, Grand Mosque of Djenne, Empires of Mali & Ghana,
the Tuareg, Great Zimbabwe, a 1,000 year old South African city - Mapangubwe,
the Shona People, etc. Includes a kids' activity page, teachers' lesson
plans, and audio clips.
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