TRANSGRESSING CULTURAL BOUNDARIES IN J. CONRAD’S HEART OF DARKNESS AND C. ACHEBE’S THINGS FALL APART
TRANSGRESSING CULTURAL BOUNDARIES IN J. CONRAD’S HEART OF DARKNESS AND C. ACHEBE’S THINGS FALL APART

Summary/Abstract: Both Joseph Conrad‟s Heart of Darkness and Chinua Achebe‟s Things Fall Apart focus on the idea of European colonialism exerted in the 19th century over the African continent. What makes the two novels different is the perspective their writers have on the process and the interpretation of its effects on both colonizer and colonized. By identifying the coordinates of their intersection, this paper attempts to analyze the way in which the two parts alter each other. To assist our approach are Martin Heidegger‟s bridge concept and Homi Bhabha‟s Third Space theory, the conclusion being that both elements in conflict transgress their self-aknowledged borders and reach a state of constructive neutrality.

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