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Click to edit Master subtitle style Femme Circassienne Vole, painted in 1876 by Jean-Lon Grme, sold in 2008 for more than Source: Behind two million pounds
Orientalism's Veil, Juliet

A Frank Encampment in the Desert of Mount Sinai, was painted in 1856 by English painter John Frederick

A Simplified History and Definition

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Why study Orientalism and Oriental literature? How did/does Orientalism shape the Occidents view of the Orient?

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What orientalism is

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What orientalism is

Conservapedia simply defined this concept as

the study of the Orient (Asia) by western scholars, and their evaluation of its social and moral values, and its future prospects.

NWE states the term orientalism derives from the Latin term oriens meaning east (literally rising sun)

In the Old World terms, Europe is the West or Occident, and its furthest extremity is the East or the Orient

Furthermore, the English word "Oriental" is usually a synonym for the peoples, cultures, and goods from the parts of East Asia traditionally occupied by East Asians and Southeast Asians

The orientalist (Edward saids orientalism)

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It will be clear to the reader...that by Orientalism I mean several things, all of them, in my opinion, interdependent Anyone who teaches, writes about, or researches the Orient--and this applies whether the person is an anthropologist, sociologist, historian, or philologist--either in its specific or its general aspects, is an Orientalist, and what he or she says or does is Orientalism. . . .

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Edward saids orientalism

Many

scholars place the beginning of postcolonial studies in history, literature, philosophy, anthropology, and the arts at the publication of Said's Orientalism, published in 1978. focuses his attention in this work on the interplay between the "Occident" and the "Orient."

Said

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Occident is his term for the West Source: (England, France, and http://www.wmich.edu/dialogues/texts/or the United

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Edward saids orientalism

the

West has created a dichotomy, between the reality of the East and the romantic notion of the "Orient. Middle East and Asia are viewed with prejudice and racism. They are backward and unaware of their own history and culture.

The

To

fill this void, the West has created a culture, history, and future promise for Source: them. http://www.wmich.edu/dialogues/texts/or

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Edward said on orientalism

The

Orient is not only adjacent to Europe; it is also the place of Europe's greatest and richest and oldest colonies, the source of its civilizations and languages, its cultural contestant, and one of its deepest and most recurring images of the Other. addition, the Orient has helped to define Europe (or the West) as its contrasting image, idea, personality,

In

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Binary oppositions in orientalism

Man/woman Strong/weak Familiar/alien Good/bad Common/romantic Self/other superior/inferior Us/them

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Is the king and I orientalist?

King mongkuts letter to mrs. anna leonowens

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English Era, 1862, 26 February GRAND ROYAL PALACE, BANGKOK. To Mrs. A.H. Leonowens: MADAM: We are in good pleasure, and satisfaction in heart, that you are in willingness to undertake the education of our beloved royal children. And we hope that in doing your education on us and

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Anna as an orientalist
Many

western audiences came to know Thailand through Annas books: The English Governess at the Siamese Court (1870) and Romance of the Harem (1872) story is received differently among Western audiences and Thai audiences A debate on the truthfulness of her personal account of Thailand brought about a fact-fiction dichotomy (either

Her

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Anna as an orientalist
The

original story of Anna was written in the 19th century, when European imperialism was expanding to Asia and when Westerners became interested with exotic stories. wrote her accounts of Thailand in the context of Saids orientalism

Anna

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Asymmetrical

power relations between the representer and the represented are involved in the Orientalist representation. writers exercise their power by objectifying the Orient as a body of knowledge or truth about the Orient.

Orientalist

Without

English Literature Teaching in Thailand

consent, the Orient is denied its autonomy and reconstructed as an entity that the writers claim power to scrutinise, Debating Anna: The write about. Pornsawan Tripasai, define, and Textual Politics of