Post colonial theory at the meeting of two narratives

Abstract

The goal of this study is to conduct a comparative reading between two narratives-the novel "Heart of darkness" (1898), by Joseph Conrad and the film "Apocalypse now" (1979), directed by Franz Ford Coppola – based on postcolonial theory. The film is an adaptation of that novel, but alters it the context: in the 19th century, the plot takes place in Africa during the period of colonization; in the 20th century, the stage is Asia, over the life of the Viet Nam war (1973-1964). In each one of them, the novel and the film, shows the quest for territorial conquest, through the imposition of seemingly unequal forces. In this sense, it is highlighted the economic and political power of colonizers, at the appropriate time, in different spaces (in the African and Asian continents), giving, in the 20th century, a kind of ideological occupation of Africa update (carried out in the previous century), in which, once abandoned the overseas colonization model, it takes to rise a new format of this economic systemwhich, in the latter case, aims to provide support to the American capitalist system.