Literature and Composition Module 2.4
The Heart of Darkness
Study Guide: Literature and Composition (Excellence in Literature, English 2)
Focus Text
Honors: King Solomon’s Mines by H. Rider Haggard OR
Manalive by G.K. Chesterton
Audiobook: http://amzn.to/2sxMt5h
EIL 2.4 Context Resource Links
These links represent only the online resources referenced in this module. Instructions, background information, offline resources, and assignments are all found in the Excellence in Literature study guide listed above.
Readings
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/5708673/Joseph-Conrads-Heart-of-Darkness.html
The Author’s Life
Chris Fletcher’s Joseph Conrad
https://www.excellence-in-literature.com/joseph-conrad-biography
Honors author: https://www.chesterton.org
Historical Context
http://www.crf-usa.org/bill-of-rights-in-action/bria-16-2-a-king-leopold-s-heart-of-darkness
https://msuweb.montclair.edu/~furrg/i2l/kls.html
http://diglib1.amnh.org/articles/kls/index.html
https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php/The_Crime_of_the_Congo
Poetry
https://www.excellence-in-literature.com/t-s-eliot-poetry/
https://poetryarchive.org/poet/t-s-eliot/
http://www.aduni.org/~heather/occs/honors/Default.htm
http://www.aduni.org/~heather/occs/honors/Poem.htm
https://www.excellence-in-literature.com/the-hollow-men-read-aloud-by-t-s-eliot
Audio
Heart of Darkness: A Signature Performance by Kenneth Branagh
http://librivox.org/heart-of-darkness-by-joseph-conrad/
https://www.mercurytheatre.info
Visual Arts
https://www.wikiart.org/en/cornelia-parker/heart-of-darkness
http://www.wdl.org/en/item/59/
https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/congo-democratic-republic-of-the/
Music
https://www.excellence-in-literature.com/heart-of-darkness-opera
https://www.excellence-in-literature.com/hollow-men-music
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