Question: Which of the following texts is considered the first example of postcolonial criticism?
A Harold Bloom’s “An Elegy for the Canon”
B Jacques Lacan’s “The Mirror Stage . . . ”
C Cleanth Brooks’s “Keats’s Sylvan Historian”
D Edward Said’s Orientalism
Answer: Edward Said’s Orientalism
| Aspect | Description |
| Title | · Orientalism |
| Author | · Edward Said |
| Publication Year | · 1978 |
| Genre | · Academic work · critical theory · postcolonialism |
| Overview | · The book examines how Western scholars, often with political and cultural biases, created a distorted and essentialized image of the East. |
| Significance | · This book is considered one of the foundational texts of postcolonial theory and criticism. · It has influenced numerous disciplines, including literature, history, political science and cultural studies. · It also challenges prevailing western perceptions and assumptions about non-western cultures and has had a lasting impact on the study of colonialism, imperialism and cross-cultural interactions. |