Edward Said’s &lt;i&gt;Orientalism&lt;/i&gt; and the Representation of Oriental Women in George Orwell’s &lt;i&gt;Burmese Days&lt;/i&gt;

Shabanirad, Ensieh; Marandi, Seyyed Mohammad

doi:10.18052/www.scipress.com/ilshs.60.22

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“…Furthermore, Ensieh Shabanirad and Seyyed (2015) conducted a research on George Orwell's Burmese Days to find out the orientalist representation of females of the east. They found out that consciously or unconsciously, Orwell has 'Repudiated his own views and treated foreigner as others'.…”

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Orientalist Stereotyping by Major Ellie in Muhmmad Hanif's Red Birds

Khan¹

2022

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This study aims to uncover the orientalist stereotyping of orients in the novel Red Birds by Muhammad Hanif. The researcher has used Orientalism by Edward Said as a theory to investigate the orientalist underpinnings in the novel. The researcher has specifically focused on Major Ellie, a US plan fighter who came to bomb an unknown place in the Middle East. The researcher has thoroughly studied the text and uses the theory of Orientalism to explore and analyze it. After critically analyzing the text, the researcher has concluded that Major Ellie has used the same stereotypical and orientalist discourse which Edward Said has talked about in his book. In the current study, the researcher has found that Ellie has stereotyped the orients as 'uncivilized, goatherd, motherfuckers, and bad people', which has a historical roots in the production of knowlgede on orients.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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Orientalist Stereotyping by Major Ellie in Muhmmad Hanif's Red Birds

Khan¹

2022

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“…The late Edward Said designated Orientalism as a self-serving, ethnocentric image of the East, constructed in the West to further Western colonial interests (Shabanirad and Marandi 2015). This image designates the East as necessarily primitive, backwards, superstitious, and chaotic, and therefore in dire need of Western intervention to rescue the natives from their faith and cultural heritage (Abu-Lughod 2002).…”

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Science Fiction by, about, and for Arabs: Case Studies in De-Orientalising the Western Imagination

Aysha¹

2020

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Orientalism is a much maligned concept. While geared to the service of the Western colonial sense of superiority, Orientalism is, at base, a loose set of symbols and motifs that is more geared towards an introspective critique of the West itself. It represents certain internal antagonisms and Western anxieties that emerge in confrontations with the East over gender and sexuality. This becomes evident when it comes to Western science fiction (written and filmed) among other popular genres and specifically when applied to Arabs and Muslims (the “classical” East). Hitherto, most literature on the Orientalism evident in Western SF has focused on the Far East, via Techno-Orientalism and Cyber-Punk. The growing strength of Arab and Muslim SF, however, can counter these Orientalist tendencies in the genre; taking Egyptian SF as a test case. Western SF, moreover, can set its own house in order in the meantime, since SF allows for symbolic substitutes to existential threats traditionally posed by the East in the Western imagination.

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“…represents Western action in keeping the story as an instrument of Western imperialism(Shabanirad & Marandi, 2015). It is explained by Said (as cited in…”

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Defining and Categorizing Asian Literature Based on Three Asian Novels

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Mendrofa²

2020

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ABSTRACT While talking about Asian literature, some confusing points need to be discussed. There are some styles of Asian writing found in the literature market; Asian literature that arrives with the English-translation model, one that has been already written in English by the Asian authors, and one written by a Western author. Asian literature covers works of writing produced by Asians in a variety of countries in Asia. The development of this literature is supported by the use of the English language in form of translation, and the emergence of English authors who write about Asian culture. For the growth of Asian Literature’s styles, this paper attempts to analyze three different styles of Asian novels; English-language novel, English-translation novel, and Western-author novel to define and classify it. The investigation of the theme; Asian resistance toward colonialism and Asian critique toward Western culture will be conducted under the scope ofOrientalism. The discussion of the nature of language and culture in Asian writing will justify the definition and classification of Asian literature as well. Subsequently, this paper detects Asian Literature as a work that must be written by Asian authors, thus it can strongly declare the real root ofAsian culture, tradition, value, belief, and feeling. It should be classified as works by native Asian authors and English-translation works as well.

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Edward Said’s <i>Orientalism</i> and the Representation of Oriental Women in George Orwell’s <i>Burmese Days</i>

Cited by 6 publications

References 8 publications

Orientalist Stereotyping by Major Ellie in Muhmmad Hanif's Red Birds

Orientalist Stereotyping by Major Ellie in Muhmmad Hanif's Red Birds

Science Fiction by, about, and for Arabs: Case Studies in De-Orientalising the Western Imagination

Defining and Categorizing Asian Literature Based on Three Asian Novels

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