Foreign Languages
Mohammad Amin Mozaheb
Abstract
In Europe, in the early twentieth century, especially during and after World War I, colonial powers such as Britain witnessed their colonies fighting and protesting against the colonial rule. In Ireland, meanwhile, in April 1916, a nationwide uprising called Easter Uprising against British colonial rule ...
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In Europe, in the early twentieth century, especially during and after World War I, colonial powers such as Britain witnessed their colonies fighting and protesting against the colonial rule. In Ireland, meanwhile, in April 1916, a nationwide uprising called Easter Uprising against British colonial rule took place. Although the colonialists suppressed the uprising, the aftershocks of that were reflected in Irish society and literature. As the national poet of Ireland, William Butler Yeats opposed the British colonial discourse in his aesthetic world, and in his poems by creating a mythical world, he was able to reflect the important issues of his time and oppose the colonial system. Therefore, in this study, using the postcolonial reading, an attempt has been made to draw a picture of Yeats’ policy of resistance in the poem “Easter, 1996” and several other works of this Irish poet. This study also shows how the process of decentralization in “Easter 1916” leads to a deconstruction of colonial power and the defense of the Irish people.
Foreign Languages
Mohammad Amin Mozaheb
Abstract
Joseph Conrad’s novella Heart of Darkness (1899) is one of the most important literary writings in English literature. Due to its main theme of colonial issues in the African country Congo, the work has given rise to various debates and opinions to date. Some believe that Conrad’s text bears ...
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Joseph Conrad’s novella Heart of Darkness (1899) is one of the most important literary writings in English literature. Due to its main theme of colonial issues in the African country Congo, the work has given rise to various debates and opinions to date. Some believe that Conrad’s text bears anti-colonialist discourse, whereas others stand against it. In this study, the researcher argues that Conrad’s Heart of Darkness is a colonial text which confirms the ideology and policy of European colonialism, especially the British one. In this regard, by using new historicist intertextual reading and critical views of eminent post-colonial critics, the researcher attempts to determine and examine the novella’s racist discourse in order to draw the conclusion that Conrad’s text is part of the European colonialist system. By misrepresenting and marginalizing Africa and its natives, Conrad has created a terrifying and unpleasant image of non-European lands and peoples to acknowledge the necessity of their colonization.
