DOI: 10.36347/sjahss.2015.v03i09.010

Pages: 1450-1456

Joseph Conrad is a world renown author. We can relate Conrad and his work to colonialism and imperialism. One of his works that has received many critical views is Heart of Darkness (HOD). It has survived time and has become a classic of the English literature canon. The question that arises as we read this text is that “Is Conrad a critique of colonialism or does he support it?” To answer the question this essay will use the postcolonial lens to read the work. One of the theorists used to discuss Conrad’s Heart of Darkness will be Edward Said and his famous work Orientalism. We will come to the conclusion as to whether the author defends colonialism or is a voice against it.