Who described Conrad's novella, 'Heart of Darkness' as "an offensive and deplorable book that de-humanised Africans"?
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A.
Harold Bloom
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B.
F.R. Leavis
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C.
Chinua Achebe
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D.
Wole Soyinka
Correct Answer:
C. Chinua Achebe
Explanation:
Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe condemned Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness as a dehumanizing and offensive piece of literature. During a 1975 lecture titled An Image of Africa: Racism in Conrad’s Heart of Darkness, Achebe explicitly labeled Conrad a racist. The passage also references American literary critic Harold Bloom and F.R. Leavis, known for his work The Great Tradition (1948), confirming that option (c) is correct.
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