Empire's Margins

A Postcolonial Reading Guide

I · Select a Text

II · Reading Against the Grain — Heart of Darkness

Four critical axes drawn from Said, Spivak, and Achebe.

Orientalist Representation (Said)

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Civilizing Mission Ideology

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Subaltern Voice (Spivak)

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Colonial Economy

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III · Classroom Annotations — Heart of Darkness

Live discussion notes from readers.

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