In writing Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad acknowledged that he was influenced by his experience of visiting the Congo, though he fictionalized and pushed that experience. Starting with a discussion of Heart of Darkness, examine how Conrad’s representation of his experience in the Congo was part of the existing discourse about imperialism, race, exploration, class, and gender around the 19th century. Along with Heart of Darkness, discuss a poem and a short story that capture the experiences of the authors in relation to imperialism, race, exploration, class, and gender. While your novel is from Europe, your short story and poem should be from two different continents of Oceania, South or North America. Ensure your essay has a thesis statement and that each paragraph has a topic sentence and is coherently well-developed. You should also cite at least four scholarly external sources in writing the essay, and acknowledge information obtained from all sources. Remember to double-space, proof-read carefully, and correct all errors. Achebe’s and Williams’s essays we read early in the semester will be accepted as scholarly for this examination.
The paper must follow all the instructions on the examination. As well, the thesis must be “clearly stated and perceptively developed. Arguments are clear, logical, supported with impeccable evidence, and well linked to the subject matter and prompt for question. There are no mechanical errors like spelling, punctuation, and paragraph development mistakes
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