ORIENTALISM

Orientalism is a masterpiece of comparative literature studies and deconstruction, published in 1978 it is arguably Said's most rigo rous piece but undoubtedly his most influential. This is a examination of the academic discipline of Oriental Studies, which has a l ong history most of the European universities. Oriental Studies is a pastiche areas of study which include philology, linguistics, e thnography, and the interpretation of culture through the discovery, recovery, compilation, and translation of Oriental texts. Said makes it ...[Llegir més]