Open AccessMisrepresentation of the Other: A Postcolonial Study in Selected Arab and American Novels
Author(s) -
Ibraheem Ajeel Dakhil,
Ibraheem Ajeel Dakhil
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of research in social sciences and humanities(online)/international journal of research in social sciences and humanities
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2454-4671
pISSN - 2249-4642
DOI - 10.37648/ijrssh.v11i04.020
Subject(s) - misrepresentation , representation (politics) , politics , sociology , arabic , aesthetics , literary criticism , cultural studies , epistemology , american literature , term (time) , literature , social science , history , political science , linguistics , art , law , philosophy , anthropology , physics , quantum mechanics
The paper sheds light on one of the important concepts in contemporary literature whichtackles the representation of the Other in selected Arabic and American literary products. Therepresentation of the other holds many misrepresentations and stereotypes, both varying and fixed; assuch, the study of the literary representations of the other which comes as a remedy many fixed andprevalent frameworks between the self and the other which deals with the construction of anindividual on cultural, political and social levels. The study tackles a topic of great importance forcontemporary literary studies and critiques, especially at the level of national literature. The researchaims to discuss how Arab writers envision the concept of the Other, on one hand; and it argues howAmerican writers projects the concept in their novels, on the other hand. It also gives an insight aboutArabs and Americans viewing the term the self and other or utilize the term Imagology which is verysignificant because it differentiates between the Oriental and Western points of view. The paper isrestricted to argue the representation of the other in these four novels. Finally, the research ends upwith conclusion and recommendations for further researches.