150046400 ORIENTALISM IN WESTERN LITERATURE ( 3 Crd.Hrs )

Pre-Requisites : 150046050

This course looks at the way of orientalism – the way “the orient” is perceived in the western world – is the product of western ideologies of identity, colonialism and enlightenment. It allows readers to understand how Arabs and Islam have been miss understood in the west, and how images of the middle east have provided a way criticizing European culture.