Document Type
Article in Response to Controversy
Theme
Editor: The article below appeared in our Volume 3 Number 1 Winter 2008 issue on the theme, “Schooling as if Democracy Matters.” It has a particular relevance to the theme of this issue also.
Abstract
In wrestling with her teaching of Joseph Conrad’s frequently challenged novella, Heart of Darkness, a high school English teacher discovers her own complicity with and complacency about Western political, economic, and social hegemony. Ultimately, her research into the historical, social, and political contexts of the 19th century novella enable her to understand its immediate relevance to the privileged world that she and her students live in, and to take her students on a personal journey in the modern “heart of darkness.”
Genre/Form
articles
Recommended Citation
Wong, Melody
(2010)
"Teaching a “Racist and Outdated Text”: A Journey into my own Heart of Darkness,"
Journal of Educational Controversy: Vol. 5:
No.
1, Article 6.
Available at:
https://cedar.wwu.edu/jec/vol5/iss1/6
Subjects - Topical (LCSH)
Europeans--Africa--Fiction; Trading posts--Fiction; Degeneration--Fiction; Imperialism--Fiction; Racism in literature
Subjects - Names (LCNAF)
Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924
Geographic Coverage
Africa
Language
English
Format
application/pdf
Type
Text