Anti-Colonialism in Heart of Darkness
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This paper demonstrates that in the novel Heart of Darkness, Conrald consciously exposes and criticizes the darkness brought by colonialism from three perspectives, namely, Colonial Exploitation of African Land, Dehumanization of the Black African People, and Dehumanization of the Black African People.
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3968/9497
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