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For Edward Said, Heart of Darkness “is preoccupied with what eludes articulate expression” and Marlow “acknowledges the tragic predicament of all speech”: its inability to convey what really happened or what an event felt like or truly meant. Further, through his use of “reported, or secondary, speech” by several narrators, Conrad avers that “all language is an interpretation of an interpretation.” openlettersmonthly/joseph-conrads-tragic-predicament/
Posted on: Thu, 06 Mar 2014 06:21:41 +0000

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