EMAIL<\/a> | SYLLABUS<\/a> | POLICIES<\/a> | QUESTIONS<\/a> | PRESENTATIONS<\/a> | JOURNALS<\/a> | PAPER<\/a> | FINAL<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Assigned: \u201cIntroduction to Orientalism<\/em>\u201c (Leitch 1866-88 in Leitch, Vincent B. and William E. Cain, eds. The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism.<\/em> 2nd ed. New York: Norton, 2010. ISBN 978-0-393-93292-8).<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1. From 1866-69, how does Said initially define \u201cOrientalism\u201d: which meanings of this term does he delineate, and how does he situate Orientalism in relation to the French and British colonial and cultural enterprise (1868-69)? In what sense is Orientalism more complex than straightforward, brutal domination exercised by imperial powers?<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2. From 1869-72, how does Said reinforce the point that while Orientalism isn\u2019t simply material, neither is it simply an abstract set of ideas, a matter of supposedly pure ideology? How does he enlist the Italian Marxist Antonio Gramsci\u2019s concept of hegemony<\/em> in making this point? Aside from Gramsci, what does Said suggest (1872 \u201cMy two fears \u2026.\u201d) about his own scholarly worries and goals?<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3. From 1872-1878 top (ending before 2. \u201cThe Methodological Question.\u201d), Said lays out what he calls \u201cthree aspects of my contemporary reality\u201d (1872); the first of these has to do with \u201cThe distinction between pure and political knowledge.\u201d How does he go on to analyze this distinction?<\/p>\n\n\n\n 4. An additional possibility for the segment from 1872-1878 top (ending before 2. \u201cThe Methodological Question.\u201d): if you\u2019ve read the selections from Foucault\u2019s Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison<\/em> (1490-1502) or The History of Sexuality<\/em> (1502-21), in what sense do Said\u2019s statements in this segment evoke Foucauldian ideas about the inextricable relationship between power and knowledge?<\/p>\n\n\n\n 5. From 1878-86 top -10 (ending before 3. \u201cThe Personal Dimension.\u201d), what are the main points Said makes about the second of the three aspects he said earlier that he wants to discuss? Namely, \u201cthe methodological question\u201d (1878). Consider his comments about \u201cstrategic location\u201d and \u201cstrategic formation\u201d (1881 last paragraph) and about the importance of avoiding a \u201chistory of ideas\u201d approach when studying Orientalism (1884). On the whole, how does Said make his case in these pages that texts are \u201cworldly and circumstantial\u201d rather than purely literary or linguistic?<\/p>\n\n\n\n 6. From 1886-88, how does Said discuss the third aspect he had mentioned on 1886 — namely, \u201cthe personal dimension\u201d of his project? How, that is, does he account for his own situation as a Palestinian writing about Orientalism? How, in addition, does he address the effects of communication in our \u201celectronic, postmodern world\u201d (1886) with regard to the representation of \u201cthe Orient,\u201d and what does he suggest at the end is the general goal of his book Orientalism?<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" EDWARD SAID QUESTIONS FOR E256 LITERARY THEORY AND CRITICISMCHAPMAN UNIVERSITY, FALL 2012 Assigned: \u201cIntroduction to Orientalism\u201c (Leitch 1866-88 in Leitch, Vincent B. and William E. Cain, eds. The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism. 2nd ed. New York: Norton, 2010. ISBN 978-0-393-93292-8). \u201cIntroduction\u201d to Orientalism 1. 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