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Joseph Conrad and Postcoloniality - Part 1: Conrad and Chinua Achebe

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Professor Peter McDonald talks to Great Writers Inspire about the Post/Colonial aspects of Joseph Conrad's writing. In this first part, Peter takes Chinua Achebe's 1975 critique of Conrad as a starting point.

Achebe deemed Conrad a 'bloody racist', and McDonald considers how Conrad's relationship to language and narrative complicates this.

Date Published: 28 August 2012
Contributors:
Peter McDonald
In Collection(s): Chinua Achebe, Colonial Writers, Joseph Conrad
Keywords:
joseph conrad, #greatwriters, postcolonial, Chinua Achebe, racism, narrative, politics, first person, nationality, heart of darkness
Source:
University of Oxford Podcasts
Cite: Joseph Conrad and Postcoloniality - Part 1: Conrad and Chinua Achebe by Peter McDonald at http://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/ via http://writersinspire.org/content/joseph-conrad-postcoloniality-part-1-conrad-chinua-achebe. Published on 28 August 2012. Accessed on 21 November 2024.

If reusing this resource please attribute as follows: Joseph Conrad and Postcoloniality - Part 1: Conrad and Chinua Achebe (http://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/) by Peter McDonald, licensed as Creative Commons BY-NC-SA (2.0 UK).