David Henry Hwang’s M.Butterfly (1988) and Monica Ali’s Brick Lane (2003): An Orientalist Reading.
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Date
2018
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Mouloud Mammeri University of Tizi-Ouzou
Abstract
This dissertation examines the Orientalist representations in David Henry Hwang’s
M.Butterfly (1988) and Monica Ali’s Brick Lane (2003). It aims to argue that both
authors’ depiction of the Easterners, as Asian and Bangladeshis is Orientalist. To
achieve our purpose, we have relied on theatrical implication of Edward Said in his well
known work Orientalism (1978) and to shed light on important concepts; ‘Self’ versus
‘Other’ and stereotypes. The first chapter of the dissertation, we have dealt with the
representation of the Self versus the Other. We have found out that both authors Hwang
and Ali tackles the same issues of the representations of the Orient. The second chapter
has been devoted to the representation and double oppression of the Oriental women.
We have concluded that both female authors’ characters provide stereotypical images,
besides, oppression against Oriental women. It also explores the way these characters
embodied Said’s illustration of the Orient.
Description
68p.;30cm.(+cd)
Keywords
Self, Other, Stereotypes, Oriental Women, and Double Oppression.
Citation
Littérature et Approches Interdisciplinaires