{"id":605,"date":"2014-07-18T19:11:22","date_gmt":"2014-07-18T19:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/englishliterature\/?post_type=back-matter&#038;p=605"},"modified":"2025-01-20T21:26:44","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T21:26:44","slug":"heart-of-darkness-mini-casebook","status":"publish","type":"back-matter","link":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/englishliterature\/back-matter\/heart-of-darkness-mini-casebook\/","title":{"raw":"Appendix 3: A Mini-Casebook on Heart of Darkness","rendered":"Appendix 3: A Mini-Casebook on Heart of Darkness"},"content":{"raw":"<h1>General Guides\/Introductions to Conrad\u2019s Novella<\/h1>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/englishassociation.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2.14.5.61-Publications-Bookmarks-Original-Bookmark-Series-Joseph-Conrad-Heart-of-Darkness-Peter-Cash.pdf\"><em>Heart of Darkness<\/em> booklet [PDF]<\/a> (Peter Cash). An excellent 17-page booklet on the main theme of <em>HD<\/em>. (English Association, Leicester)\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20211126053828\/https:\/\/www.penguin.com\/static\/pdf\/teachersguides\/HeartOfDarknessTG.pdf\">A Guide to <em>Heart of Darkness<\/em> [PDF]<\/a> (Allen Kromer) from Signet (Penguin) 28 pages.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20180601000046\/http:\/\/www.bookdrum.com\/books\/heart-of-darkness\/9780140186529\/index.html\">Bookdrum: <em>Heart of Darkness<\/em> <\/a>(Gordon Knox). Contains useful background ideas, historical contexts, maps, illustrations, and glossary.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/b0077474\">A BBC <em>In Our Time<\/em> podcast on <em>Heart of Darkness<\/em><\/a> from 2007 (45 minutes). <em>\r\n<\/em>\r\n<h1>Readings for Research Essay Topic 1<\/h1>\r\nIs <em>Heart of Darkness<\/em> a racist work? You should start with a good definition of racism to help structure your essay.\r\n\r\nSuggested length: 1,500 words\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Achebe, Chinua. <a href=\"http:\/\/kirbyk.net\/hod\/image.of.africa.html\">\"An Image of Africa: Racism in Conrad's 'Heart of Darkness'\"<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.victorianweb.org\/authors\/conrad\/conrad1.html\">\u201cAchebe on Racism in Heart of Darkness\"<\/a>. Teisch. Victorian Web.<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/englishliterature\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2014\/07\/A_Bloody_Racist_About_Acheb.pdf\">\u201c'A Bloody Racist': About Achebe's View of Conrad.\u201d<\/a> Cedric Watts<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ibsmarter.edublogs.org\/files\/2012\/05\/Heart-of-Darkness-Critical-Survey-p4seaw.pdf\">Postcolonial Criticism of <em>Heart of Darkness:<\/em>\u00a0A Casebook<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/23110450\">\u201c<em>Heart of Darkness<\/em>\": \"Anti-Imperialism, Racism, or Impressionism?\"<\/a>Author(s): PATRICK BRANTLINGER. Source: <em>Criticism<\/em>, Vol. 27, No. 4 (Fall, 1985), pp. 363-385. Published by: Wayne State University PressStable URL: http:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/23110450<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Bolacki, S. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.english.heacademy.ac.uk\/explore\/publications\/casestudies\/seminars\/conrad.php\">http:\/\/www.english.heacademy.ac.uk\/explore\/publications\/casestudies\/seminars\/conrad.php<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li>Sarvan, C.P. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/journals.hil.unb.ca\/index.php\/IFR\/issue\/view\/1094\">Racism and the <\/a><em><a href=\"http:\/\/journals.hil.unb.ca\/index.php\/IFR\/issue\/view\/1094\">Heart of Darkness<\/a>.<\/em>\u201d <em>The International Fiction Review, <\/em>7, No. 1 (1980), 6-10. Click on pdf link.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h1>Readings for Research Essay Topic 2<\/h1>\r\nImperialism in <em>Heart of Darkness<\/em>. Start with a good definition of both imperialism and colonialism.\r\n\r\nSuggested length: 1,500 words\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.victorianweb.org\/victorian\/history\/empire\/index.html\">Victorian History British Empire<\/a> (Victorian Web)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/461892?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents\">\u201cConrad\u2019s Critique of Imperialism in <em>Heart of Darkness<\/em>\u201d<\/a> Hawkins, Hunt. Conrad's Critique of Imperialism in Heart of Darkness. PMLA\r\nVol. 94, No. 2 (Mar., 1979), pp. 286-299\r\nPublished by: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jstor.org\/action\/showPublisher?publisherCode=mla\">Modern Language Association<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/259954\">\u201cImperialism: Conrad\u2019s <em>Heart of Darkness.<\/em>\u201d<\/a> Raskin, Jonah<\/li>\r\n \t<li>From Said, Edward. <a href=\"http:\/\/projects.ecfs.org\/eastwest\/Readings\/SaidConrad.pdf\">Culture and Imperialism<\/a> (1993).<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.victorianweb.org\/authors\/conrad\/zelnick.html\">\u201cConrad\u2019s Bloody Imperialism: Achebe, Said, and What Conrad Really Wrote.\u201d<\/a>\u00a0by Zelnick.<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sh.diva-portal.org\/smash\/get\/diva2:356589\/FULLTEXT01.pdf\">\"Critical responses to Joseph Conrad\u2019s <em>Heart of Darkness\"<\/em><\/a> by Svensson, M.<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.victorianweb.org\/authors\/conrad\/pva52.html\">\u201cWhite Lies and Whited Sepulchres in Conrad\u2019s Heart of Darkness.\u201d<\/a>\u00a0by Philip Allingham.<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"http:\/\/tesi.cab.unipd.it\/43470\/1\/Fazzino_Anna_Maria.pdf\">\u201cKurtz as a Symbol of Imperialism.\u201d<\/a> Chapter 3 (pp 55-96) Thesis.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h1>Readings for Research Essay Topic 3<\/h1>\r\nThe Position of Women in <em>Heart of Darkness<\/em>.\r\n\r\nSuggested length: 1,500 words\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"http:\/\/web.a.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.library.uvic.ca\/ehost\/detail\/detail?vid=0&amp;sid=b1ceab0a-4c65-420e-88b3-56e39d9352a9%40sessionmgr4008&amp;bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZSZzY29wZT1zaXRl#AN=77324367&amp;db=aph\">\u201cJoseph Conrad\u2019s <em>Heart of Darkness<\/em> and the World of Western Women.\u201d<\/a> Peters. <em>Studies in Short Fiction<\/em>. 37.1 (EBSCO).<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/search-proquest-com.ezproxy.library.uvic.ca\/docview\/1297934551?pq-origsite=summon\">\u201c An Ashy Halo: Woman as Symbol in 'Heart of Darkness'\"<\/a> Geary, Edward A. Studies in Short Fiction, Fall 76, Vol. 13 Issue 4, p. 499, 8p. [EBSCO]<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/muse-jhu-edu.ezproxy.library.uvic.ca\/article\/21686\">\u201cThe Women Do Not Travel: Gender, Difference, and Incommensurability in Conrad's <em>Heart of Darkness.<\/em>\u201d<\/a> McIntire. <em>MFS<\/em> (Project Muse).<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/23113360\">\u201cReading Race and Gender in Conrad\u2019s Dark Continent.\u201d<\/a> London Free JSTOR<strong>. <\/strong>Criticism. Vol. 31, No. 3 (Summer, 1989), pp. 235-252. Article Stable URL.<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"http:\/\/fau.digital.flvc.org\/islandora\/object\/fau%3A2980\/datastream\/OBJ\/view\">\u201cRevisiting Joseph Conrad\u2019s <em>Heart of Darkness<\/em>: Women, Symbolism and Resistance.\u201d<\/a> Smith. M.A. Thesis.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Student Essay, <a href=\"https:\/\/digitalshowcase.lynchburg.edu\/agora\/vol17\/iss2008\/8\/\">\u201cSexism in Joseph Conrad\u2019s <em>Heart of Darkness.<\/em>\u201d<\/a>\u00a0by Haydar Ali.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","rendered":"<h1>General Guides\/Introductions to Conrad\u2019s Novella<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/englishassociation.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2.14.5.61-Publications-Bookmarks-Original-Bookmark-Series-Joseph-Conrad-Heart-of-Darkness-Peter-Cash.pdf\"><em>Heart of Darkness<\/em> booklet [PDF]<\/a> (Peter Cash). An excellent 17-page booklet on the main theme of <em>HD<\/em>. (English Association, Leicester)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20211126053828\/https:\/\/www.penguin.com\/static\/pdf\/teachersguides\/HeartOfDarknessTG.pdf\">A Guide to <em>Heart of Darkness<\/em> [PDF]<\/a> (Allen Kromer) from Signet (Penguin) 28 pages.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20180601000046\/http:\/\/www.bookdrum.com\/books\/heart-of-darkness\/9780140186529\/index.html\">Bookdrum: <em>Heart of Darkness<\/em> <\/a>(Gordon Knox). Contains useful background ideas, historical contexts, maps, illustrations, and glossary.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/b0077474\">A BBC <em>In Our Time<\/em> podcast on <em>Heart of Darkness<\/em><\/a> from 2007 (45 minutes). <em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<h1>Readings for Research Essay Topic 1<\/h1>\n<p>Is <em>Heart of Darkness<\/em> a racist work? You should start with a good definition of racism to help structure your essay.<\/p>\n<p>Suggested length: 1,500 words<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Achebe, Chinua. <a href=\"http:\/\/kirbyk.net\/hod\/image.of.africa.html\">&#8220;An Image of Africa: Racism in Conrad&#8217;s &#8216;Heart of Darkness'&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.victorianweb.org\/authors\/conrad\/conrad1.html\">\u201cAchebe on Racism in Heart of Darkness&#8221;<\/a>. Teisch. Victorian Web.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/englishliterature\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2014\/07\/A_Bloody_Racist_About_Acheb.pdf\">\u201c&#8217;A Bloody Racist&#8217;: About Achebe&#8217;s View of Conrad.\u201d<\/a> Cedric Watts<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ibsmarter.edublogs.org\/files\/2012\/05\/Heart-of-Darkness-Critical-Survey-p4seaw.pdf\">Postcolonial Criticism of <em>Heart of Darkness:<\/em>\u00a0A Casebook<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/23110450\">\u201c<em>Heart of Darkness<\/em>&#8220;: &#8220;Anti-Imperialism, Racism, or Impressionism?&#8221;<\/a>Author(s): PATRICK BRANTLINGER. Source: <em>Criticism<\/em>, Vol. 27, No. 4 (Fall, 1985), pp. 363-385. Published by: Wayne State University PressStable URL: http:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/23110450<\/li>\n<li>Bolacki, S. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.english.heacademy.ac.uk\/explore\/publications\/casestudies\/seminars\/conrad.php\">http:\/\/www.english.heacademy.ac.uk\/explore\/publications\/casestudies\/seminars\/conrad.php<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Sarvan, C.P. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/journals.hil.unb.ca\/index.php\/IFR\/issue\/view\/1094\">Racism and the <\/a><em><a href=\"http:\/\/journals.hil.unb.ca\/index.php\/IFR\/issue\/view\/1094\">Heart of Darkness<\/a>.<\/em>\u201d <em>The International Fiction Review, <\/em>7, No. 1 (1980), 6-10. Click on pdf link.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>Readings for Research Essay Topic 2<\/h1>\n<p>Imperialism in <em>Heart of Darkness<\/em>. Start with a good definition of both imperialism and colonialism.<\/p>\n<p>Suggested length: 1,500 words<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.victorianweb.org\/victorian\/history\/empire\/index.html\">Victorian History British Empire<\/a> (Victorian Web)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/461892?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents\">\u201cConrad\u2019s Critique of Imperialism in <em>Heart of Darkness<\/em>\u201d<\/a> Hawkins, Hunt. Conrad&#8217;s Critique of Imperialism in Heart of Darkness. PMLA<br \/>\nVol. 94, No. 2 (Mar., 1979), pp. 286-299<br \/>\nPublished by: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jstor.org\/action\/showPublisher?publisherCode=mla\">Modern Language Association<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/259954\">\u201cImperialism: Conrad\u2019s <em>Heart of Darkness.<\/em>\u201d<\/a> Raskin, Jonah<\/li>\n<li>From Said, Edward. <a href=\"http:\/\/projects.ecfs.org\/eastwest\/Readings\/SaidConrad.pdf\">Culture and Imperialism<\/a> (1993).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.victorianweb.org\/authors\/conrad\/zelnick.html\">\u201cConrad\u2019s Bloody Imperialism: Achebe, Said, and What Conrad Really Wrote.\u201d<\/a>\u00a0by Zelnick.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sh.diva-portal.org\/smash\/get\/diva2:356589\/FULLTEXT01.pdf\">&#8220;Critical responses to Joseph Conrad\u2019s <em>Heart of Darkness&#8221;<\/em><\/a> by Svensson, M.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.victorianweb.org\/authors\/conrad\/pva52.html\">\u201cWhite Lies and Whited Sepulchres in Conrad\u2019s Heart of Darkness.\u201d<\/a>\u00a0by Philip Allingham.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/tesi.cab.unipd.it\/43470\/1\/Fazzino_Anna_Maria.pdf\">\u201cKurtz as a Symbol of Imperialism.\u201d<\/a> Chapter 3 (pp 55-96) Thesis.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>Readings for Research Essay Topic 3<\/h1>\n<p>The Position of Women in <em>Heart of Darkness<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Suggested length: 1,500 words<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/web.a.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.library.uvic.ca\/ehost\/detail\/detail?vid=0&amp;sid=b1ceab0a-4c65-420e-88b3-56e39d9352a9%40sessionmgr4008&amp;bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZSZzY29wZT1zaXRl#AN=77324367&amp;db=aph\">\u201cJoseph Conrad\u2019s <em>Heart of Darkness<\/em> and the World of Western Women.\u201d<\/a> Peters. <em>Studies in Short Fiction<\/em>. 37.1 (EBSCO).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/search-proquest-com.ezproxy.library.uvic.ca\/docview\/1297934551?pq-origsite=summon\">\u201c An Ashy Halo: Woman as Symbol in &#8216;Heart of Darkness'&#8221;<\/a> Geary, Edward A. Studies in Short Fiction, Fall 76, Vol. 13 Issue 4, p. 499, 8p. [EBSCO]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/muse-jhu-edu.ezproxy.library.uvic.ca\/article\/21686\">\u201cThe Women Do Not Travel: Gender, Difference, and Incommensurability in Conrad&#8217;s <em>Heart of Darkness.<\/em>\u201d<\/a> McIntire. <em>MFS<\/em> (Project Muse).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/23113360\">\u201cReading Race and Gender in Conrad\u2019s Dark Continent.\u201d<\/a> London Free JSTOR<strong>. <\/strong>Criticism. Vol. 31, No. 3 (Summer, 1989), pp. 235-252. Article Stable URL.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/fau.digital.flvc.org\/islandora\/object\/fau%3A2980\/datastream\/OBJ\/view\">\u201cRevisiting Joseph Conrad\u2019s <em>Heart of Darkness<\/em>: Women, Symbolism and Resistance.\u201d<\/a> Smith. 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