Neo-orientalist narrative : a study of the representation of muslim societies in selected post-9/11 literary works /

Critics such as Edward W. Said and others have noticed a tendency among some Western and pro-Western writers to reproduce the Orientalist discourse in the aftermath of the 9/11, 2001 attacks, which they describe as neo-Orientalism. This research attempts to examine the writings of four writers, Åsne...

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Main Author: Balawi, (Mohammad-Makram) Omar Moh'd
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Kuala Lumpur : Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia, 2014
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Online Access:Click here to view 1st 24 pages of the thesis. Members can view fulltext at the specified PCs in the library.
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260 |a Kuala Lumpur :   |b Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia,   |c 2014 
300 |a xi, 302 leaves :  |b ill. ;  |c 30cm. 
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references (leaves 275-286) 
520 |a Critics such as Edward W. Said and others have noticed a tendency among some Western and pro-Western writers to reproduce the Orientalist discourse in the aftermath of the 9/11, 2001 attacks, which they describe as neo-Orientalism. This research attempts to examine the writings of four writers, Åsne Seierstad (1970 —) and Khaled Hosseini (1968 —), Azar Nafisi (1958 —), and Denis MacEoin (pen-name Daniel Easterman) (1949 —) to investigate how they represent Muslims and Muslim societies. It attempts to investigate if they reproduce the Orientalist discourse, and employ it to justify and instigate contemporary imperialism. Analytical, comparative and historical methodologies have been used to answer the research questions. All the writers studied in this research have shown, although in different degrees, signs of reproducing the Orientalist discourse. The findings of this research might help to understand what neo-Orientalism in literature is and how to encounter its negative impact on the relationship between the Muslim World and the "West". However, this research is not limited to merely criticising neo-Orientalism. It proposes a different worldview based on the tenets of the Holy Qur'an to replace hostile and self-isolating discourses such as Orientalism, which the research terms the Qur'anic Worldview. 
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