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Other Middle Eastern Voices: Writing against Orientalism. World Literature II Fall 2012 Dr. R. Ramos. Review: Edward Said’s “ Orientalism ” .
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Other Middle Eastern Voices: Writing against Orientalism World Literature II Fall 2012 Dr. R. Ramos
Review: Edward Said’s “Orientalism” “Orientalism [is] the [West’s] corporate institution for dealing with the Orient […] by making statements about it, authorizing views of it, describing it, by teaching it, settling it: in short, Orientalism as a Western style for dominating, restructuring, and having authority over the Orient” (88). “Orientalism is more particularly valuable as a sign of European-Atlantic power over the Orient than it is a veridic [true] discourse about the Orient” (90).
Pakistan/India: Salman Rushdie (b.1947) – Post-ModernShort Story: “Chekhov and Zulu”
Palestine: MahmoudDarwish (1941-2008) – post-modernPoem: “Sirhan drinks his coffee in the cafeteria”
Jordan/Iraq: AbdelrahmanMunif (1933-2004) -- realistNovel excerpt from cities of Salt
Egypt: Naquib Mahfouz (1911-2006)Short Story: “Zaabalawi”
Libya: Ibrahim al-Koni (b. 1948) – post-modernShort Story: “The Golden Bird of Misfortune”
Syria/Lebanon: Hanan al-Shaykh (b.1945) -- realistShort Story: “A Season of Madness”
Morocco: Fatima Mernissi (b. 1940) – realistmemoir excerpt: “The Harem Within”