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1、Achebe,Chinua."AnImageofAfrica:RacisminConrad's'HeartofDarkness'"MassachusettsReview.18.1977.Rpt.inHeartofDarkness,AnAuthoritativeText,backgroundandSourcesCriticism.1961.3rded.Ed.RobertKimbrough,London:W.WNortonandCo.,1988,pp.251-261Inthefallof1974IwaswalkingonedayfromtheE
2、nglishDepartmentattheUniversityofMassachusettstoaparkinglot.Itwasafineautumnmorningsuchasencouragedfriendlinesstopassingstrangers.Briskyoungsterswerehurryinginalldirections,manyofthemobviouslyfreshmenintheirfirstflushofenthusiasm.AnoldermangoingthesamewayasIturnedandremark
3、edtomehowveryyoungtheycamethesedays.Iagreed.ThenheaskedmeifIwasastudenttoo.Isaidno,Iwasateacher.WhatdidIteach?Africanliterature.Nowthatwasfunny,hesaid,becauseheknewafellowwhotaughtthesamething,orperhapsitwasAfricanhistory,inacertainCommunityCollegenotfarfromhere.Italwayssu
4、rprisedhim,hewentontosay,becauseheneverhadthoughtofAfricaashavingthatkindofstuff,youknow.BythistimeIwaswalkingmuchfaster."Ohwell,"Iheardhimsayfinally,behindme:"IguessIhavetotakeyourcoursetofindout."AfewweekslaterIreceivedtwoverytouchinglettersfromhighschoolchildreninYonker
5、s,NewYork,who--blesstheirteacher--hadjustreadThingsFallApart.OneofthemwasparticularlyhappytolearnaboutthecustomsandsuperstitionsofanAfricantribe.Iproposetodrawfromtheserathertrivialencountersratherheavyconclusionswhichatfirstsightmightseemsomewhatoutofproportiontothem.Buto
6、nly,Ihope,atfirstsight.TheyoungfellowfromYonkers,perhapspartlyonaccountofhisagebutIbelievealsoformuchdeeperandmoreseriousreasons,isobviouslyunawarethatthelifeofhisowntribesmeninYonkers,NewYork,isfullofoddcustomsandsuperstitionsand,likeeverybodyelseinhisculture,imaginesthat
7、heneedsatriptoAfricatoencounterthosethings.Theotherpersonbeingfullymyownagecouldnotbeexcusedonthegroundsofhisyears.Ignorancemightbeamorelikelyreason;buthereagainIbelievethatsomethingmorewillfulthanamerelackofinformationwasatwork.FordidnotthateruditeBritishhistorianandRegiu
8、sProfessoratOxford,HughTrevorRoper,alsopronouncethatAfricanhistorydidnotexist?Ifthereisso
