Date of Award
2010
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelors
Department
Humanities
First Advisor
Wallace, Miriam
Keywords
Post Colonial, Empire, Joseph Conrad, Charles Brockden Brown
Area of Concentration
English
Abstract
The field of postcolonial studies has rarely looked at American literature in a postcolonial context. The goal of this project is to draw together a traditional postcolonial text, Joseph Conrad�s Heart of Darkness, and an early American novel, Charles Brockden Brown�s Edgar Huntly, and address problematic issues that appear in both works: the concept of postcoloniality, the portrayal of native peoples, and the situation ofwomen in empire. Most importantly, the focus of this project is on the voices of the two novels� narrators, who are neither entirely colonized nor entirely imperialistic characters, and whose voices have been marginalized due to their liminal statuses.
Recommended Citation
Stevenson, Katherine A., "The Setting Sun Postcolonial Anxiety in Edgar Huntly and Heart of Darkness" (2010). Theses & ETDs. 4341.
https://digitalcommons.ncf.edu/theses_etds/4341