Orientalism and literature:

Orientalism and Literature discusses a key critical concept in literary studies and how it assists our reading of literature. It reviews the concept's evolution: how it has been explored, imagined and narrated in literature. Part I considers Orientalism's origins and its geographical and m...

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Other Authors: Nash, Geoffrey ca. 20./21. Jh (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press [2019]
Series:Cambridge critical concepts
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Summary:Orientalism and Literature discusses a key critical concept in literary studies and how it assists our reading of literature. It reviews the concept's evolution: how it has been explored, imagined and narrated in literature. Part I considers Orientalism's origins and its geographical and multidisciplinary scope, then considers the major genres and trends Orientalism inspired in the literary-critical field such as the eighteenth-century Oriental tale, reading the Bible, and Victorian Oriental fiction. Part II recaptures specific aspects of Edward Said's Orientalism: the multidisciplinary contexts and scholarly discussions it has inspired (such as colonial discourse, race, resistance, feminism and travel writing). Part III deliberates upon recent and possible future applications of Orientalism, probing its currency and effectiveness in the twenty-first century, the role it has played and continues to play in the operation of power, and how in new forms, neo-Orientalism and Islamophobia, it feeds into various genres, from migrant writing to journalism
Item Description:Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 06 Nov 2019)
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 374 Seiten)
ISBN:9781108614672
DOI:10.1017/9781108614672

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