ASSIGNMENT Select ONE of these articles to read. After you read your selected article, write a one-page (approx 250 words) reaction paper. What did you learn from the article? What meaningful, anti-racist actions can you translate into your future classrooms? What concerns or questions do you have about your article? “The Cat is Out of […]
Briefly elaborate on the main features of Said’s concept of Orientalism and how they pertain to the study of contemporary ‘Islam’.
Islam and Modernity Answer the following questions. Each answer should be 300 words. Make reference to Samuel Huntington, Edward Said, Zachary Lockman and Maxim Rodson. Make references/In-text citations but DO NOT directly quote them. Questions: 1) Briefly elaborate on the main features of Said’s concept of Orientalism and how they pertain to the study of […]
How does the idea of empire change across historical periods and affect the production of literature?
LITERATURE OF EMPIRE How does the idea of empire change across historical periods and affect the production of literature? Refer to TWO literary texts studied on the module in your answer. (The two literary texts are Albert Camus, ‘The Adulterous Woman’ and Edward Said ‘Orientalism’)
. Explain the concept of “the Other.” What is the relationship of “the Other” to what Edward Said called “Orientalism”?How does visibility function as a form of power in the concept of “panopticism”?
Description 1. Explain the concept of “the Other.” What is the relationship of “the Other” to what Edward Said called “Orientalism”? 2. How does visibility function as a form of power in the concept of “panopticism”? Both prompts need to be 500-600 words only