• Azmi Azam

  Author

Orientalism is a burning topic of discussion regarding the classification of Europeans
and non-Europeans. It is a discourse that leads the doors open for diverse critical concepts like
racism, subjugation, hegemony, colonialism, imperialism, and feminism
the non-European territories as their subjects and believes that it is their duty to teach them the
manners of civilization. In the name of compassion, subjugation, maltreatment and
misrepresentation takes place and Edward Said has h
Orientalism. General readers hardly investigate the reality and authenticity of the written
resources and adopt an inferior view of the Eastern communities. It turns inevitable to overlook
the description of scholars who have practical experiences by facing the Eastern communities
and their dexterous verbal and written presentations of observations that hypnotize the readers
to believe the misrepresented East in varied mediums. Under such a scrutiny, this article s
to illustrate Said’s conception of Orientalism in a nutshell. Comparative studies are also
presented to elucidate the critical statements. Examples from literary fields are given to make
arguments more lucid and comprehensive.

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