Orientalism: Edward Said

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Name – Dhiman Nisha A.

 

   Roll No – 19

Year - 2014-2016

Paper name – Post colonial literature 

Study – M.A

SEM - 3

Topic – Orientalism Edward said analysis 

           Guided by-Dr. dilip barad

    

  Submitted to – Department of English Maharaja Krishnakumar sinhji Bhavnagar University

 

About Author

         Edward Said was a born 1 November 1935 and died 25 Sep 2003. He was a Palestinian American literary theorist and famous critic theorist in Post colonial literature. He was professor in English literature. Book ‘‘Orientalism’’ was published in 1997. Edward was cultural critic and author. Influenced by the imperialism and colonialism of the 19th century.  Western people became interested in the natives and the cultures of Western colonies. Orientalism is all about imaginative or problem of society, political, religion and that is a material age of Orientlism. Edward said generally means to Orientalism are mental exercise and mental archival. If they can have most important of the ‘‘Orient’’ or ‘‘Occident’’ it’s connected with east or west part of the world. Edward said challenged the concept of Orientalism or different are East or West.

      What is post colonialism?

 

What is Orientalism?

Edward said about Orientalism

“The scoop of Orientalism”

`                 The term “Orientalism” derived from Latin word east. Orientalism is irrational, power of structure, it is more important of the view. There are most important theme White man burden. It’s linguistic of the way. Edward Said is challenged the European or American people thinking, political issue or Orientalism. Two theme followed by Knowledge and power. Here is a very difficult task of the Arabic or European people but they have all about structure are important aspect of the Way. Culture, power, political, intellectual it’s dominated strategy. Orientalism divided in two part of “Ours” and “Their” are consequence of the way. Orientalism culture studies are east or west is connected with “Orient” or “Occident”. Orient is Middle East specialists.

 What is Orient?

 

         

What is Occident?

 

Different between “Orient” and “Occident”

            The opposite term “Orient” means “East” or “Occident” means “West”. It is a literary and formal word for Western. There are relation between power and domination. Orient mean west or they discuss in English authority of western world. It is an antonym of Occidental. It is an antonym of Oriental. “Orient” or “occident” it’s sector creation. 

                   Orient politically, structure, imperialism different between “The East is East or West is West.”  We can say that the orient is stereotypes and sophisticated abstractions. Differentiation creates problems especially political and other problem are white man or Muslim people. Orientalism expresses the culture, ideology, economically its stereotype of the style and imagination. Here comes ‘Hegemony’, that means we have to be exceptional and if we do not then we becomes hegemonic. 

                            Edward Said argument

Orientalism is and does not simply represent a considerable dimension of modern, Political, intellectual culture and such had less to do with the orient than it does with “our” world. The Orientalism divided the part by Civil- Uncivil, East-West, Occident-Orient, White, Muslim, Our- there are discuss of the European culture.

     Edward Said

      “My Orientalism is Middle East or Islam”    

Orientalist structure and Restructure

              Second chapter of Structure or Restructure are Points the slight change in the attitude of the Europeans towards the Orientals. Artists as well as scholars were already described as "Orientalists" in the 19th century, especially in France.  European people views are different, the Oriental presented them color of Orientalist and other is perception. The structure of orient is nothing more than a structure of lies or the myths which, were the truth about them to be told, would simply blow away. History, method, political and academic is a more important of the oriental. Qualification is that ideas, culture, and histories cannot seriously be understood. Human make history, human make their agency it your life.   

           “Men make their own history”

     The Anglo-French-American experience of the Arab and Islam it is the intellectual authority of the Oriental or west culture.  Western said- it was their duty to civilize people or order to achieve their goal and they had to colonize and rule the orients. European is relationship with power and institution. Immediately upon doing that an India, Japan, china and other sections of regions were not important because one could discuss Europe's experience of the Near Orient. Orientalism is not just idea or valuable because it material and they are connected with power. Anglo-French and American orientalism was a kind of intellectual authority within the western culture. Silvestre de saucy and Ernest Renan worker are Orientalism a new dimension. Saucy thing is very different or they information are useful for or the prejudice that was inherited orientalism. Renan was works important are science, philosopher and idea of orientalism.   

 Edward said:

             “Structure or Restructure for studying authority here are what can be called strategic location and describing the authors position and strategic after culture at large”.

 Orientalism Now     

          The last chapter of orientalism is changing the politician in 20^th century. Early orientalism didn’t traditional and interacted, And new orients lived with them as if they were one of them. The interchange between the academic and the more or less imaginative meaning of orientalism is a constant one.   There appreciated life style, new trend, language or culture but they have other followed by role. Previous or future of orientalism was that culture/religion of orientalism. Thus, Islam was called mohammadism and Christ was called Christianity. Domination has been so powerful. Islamic orient has had to be center of attention.

        Islamic oriental did not enjoy this time because Islamic as a week religion, different rule or they have not expected the new generation. Gibb or Massignon was the most famous Islamic oriental of this time. After World War 1 the centre of oriental’s changed from Europe to USA. End of World War 2, all the Europeans colonies were lost and it was believed that there no more “Orientals” and “Occidents” they not really.

 Edward’s Quotes

     

  Conclusion

              Edward said that Orientalisms are knowledge or power restrict. There are power dominant structures or constricting of the way.  It is not political subject matter. He shows the European-Western Imperial power along with the confused feelings of the Oriental countries towards the Western power. Orientalism is all about geography, intellectualism, history and politically corporate of the way.