What is Orientalism?

Bathvar VIrajee

1. What is Orientalism? Prepared by - Bathavar Virajee Course: - M.A. English Semester: -3 Enrolment no: - PG15101001 Submitted to: - Smt. S.B.Gardi Dept. of English MKBU Email id: - [email protected] Paper no11 : - The Postcolonial Literature  

2. Introduction:- Edward said Edward said was born 1 st November, 1935, died in 25 th September, 2003. He was western philosopher of 20 th century. He was famous for his book “Orientalism”. He Generally deals with Post colonialism, Postmodernism, Occidentalism and Orientalism.

3. Orientalism:- Orientalism is book written by Edward said. Published in 1978. In the book, said successfully redefined the term “ Orientalism ” to mean a constellation of false assumption underlying western attitudes toward the Middle East.

4. Definition of Orientalism by Said Said’s Orientalism can be a critical tool to examine the validity of all the literature on the East written by the westerns. Influenced by the imperialism and colonialism of the 19 th century, western people became interested in the natives and the cultures of Western colonies.

5. Meaning and history of orient The term “Orient” is derived from the Latin word “ Oriens ” meaning “ East ”. The country of the east especially East Asia. Study of orient means a study of orients. The orients almost a European invention, had been since antiquity a place of romance, exotic beings, haunting memories and landscapes, remarkable experience.

6. What is Orientalism ? Which examines the denotations and connotations of Orientalism,and the history of a country's post-colonial period. Cultural representations that are the foundations of Western thought and perception of the Eastern world, specifically about the region of the Middle East. It was " anti-western ".

7. What is Orientalism ?

8. Occident -Orient Western civilized Colonizer East modern Colonized Uncivilized Present/ future Past Mysterious

9. Active Rational Sophisticated Lazy Irrational Unsophisticated

10. Conclusion Thus, the term "Orientalism" become a negative word regarding non–Western peoples and cultures. So after all it is about two different languages, people, culture, etc.

11. References: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orientalism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Said http://www.slideshare.net/nidhijasani/what-is-orieantalism?qid=9ab59cc2-73c9-4c01-98e3-837430ae41a7&v=&b=&from_search=9

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