1. EDWARD SAID: ORIENTALISM

2. ORIENTALISM AS DISCOURSE MAIN THEMES OF ORIENTALISM – EXOTIC EAST – EAST IS EAST AND WEST IS WEST AND THE TWAIN SHALL NEVER MEET – WHITE MAN’S BURDEN/MISSION CIVILISATRICE

3. ORIENTALISM AS DISCIPLINE Orientalism exercises power and has authority over the Orient Orientalism produces and manages the Orient

4. THEORETICAL CONCEPTS IN THE CRITIQUE OF ORIENTALISM Beginnings: How to determine a starting point Exile: What is it? Theodor Adorno: It is part of morality not to be at home in one’s home (Reader: xiv) Contrapuntal Analysis: Consider the topic from as many vantage points as possible Representation: – Who represents whom? – How do you represent the subject?

5. THEORETICAL CONCEPTS IN THE CRITIQUE OF ORIENTALISM (cont.) Strategic Formation Strategic Location

6. POST-COLONIAL LITERATURE SAID’S WORK THE TRILOGY OF ORIENTALISM Orientalism The Question of Palestine Covering Islam

7. OUT OF PLACE Said in His Late Years