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. |
