Rethinking Postcolonialism: Colonialist Discourse in Modern Literatures and the Legacy of Classical

Acknowledgements Introduction PART 1 - COLONIALIST DISCOURSE: A RHETORICAL AND IDEOLOGICAL PALIMPSEST Modern Europe and Classical Connections Imperial Ideology: Between Totality and Differentiation Impact of Classical Discourse of Barbarism on Modern Colonial Taxonomies Colonialism: From Hegemony to Infantilism Modernist Writers, Classical Ideal, and Empire PART II - MODERNIST LITERATURE AND COLONIALISM: BETWEEN CONTEXT AND COMPLICITY Modernism, Modernity and Imperialism Culture, Civilisation and Inter-Racial Encounters: Joseph Conrad's Almayers' Folly Redeeming the Colonial Idea: Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness Pedagogy of Re-Colonialisation of the Peaceful Re-Conquest: Andre Gide's Voyage au Congo Split Between Radical Rhetoric and Conservative Practices: Graham Greene's Journey Without Maps Getting out of the 'Nightmares' of History and 'Stiff' Imperial Culture: Albert Camus Conclusion Notes Works Cited Index