Varieties of imperial imaginary of the Arctic and the Congo in <i>Lady Franklin of Russell Square</i> and <i>Heart of Darkness</i>
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Abstract
This article revaluates Canadian Arctic literature through the imperial discourse lens, highlighting the need to reconceptualize the coloniality and postcoloniality of Canadian literature beyond the scope of Indigenous writing. It emphasizes the marginalization of Arctic Canadian literature within postcolonial discourse despite its deep connections with British imperialism. By employing Edward Said’s methodology of contrapuntal reading, the article explores the imperial narratives within Canadian literary identity, comparing Erika Behrisch Elce’s Lady Franklin of Russell Square with Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness. It investigates how settler colonialism and the dynamics of cartography – emphasized by Baudrillard’s theory of the map preceding the territory – play into the construction of literary and national identities. The analysis challenges the glorification of Arctic exploration in Canadian identity and reveals its complex relations with British imperialism, thus broadening the scope of postcolonial critique to include underexplored imperial dimensions.
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Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
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Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
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