Literary Analysis Of Edward Said's To Become The Outsider
To become the Outsider
Follow the dilemma of professionalism, Said raised the question of what does the intellectual represent today? Nowadays, there are many professionals, experts and consultants which recognize as intellectual, but not all of them have the function of intellectual in the society. For Said, a universal is an important role in his account of the intellectual, which means beyond our background, language and nationality that shield us from the reality of other.[ Said, Edward W: Representations of The Intellectual (London, New York: Vintage Book(US), 1994) introduction] He consider the intellectual should be the outsider that does not limited to specific group and even the national identity. They should standing outside the requirement of the power, facing the reality and realize the social structure control under the power.
Said suggested the …show more content…
Horace Engdahl, who select the winner of Nobel literature award every year, said that
“We talk in the same way about everything which is published, and literary criticism is poorer for it. Literary criticism and teaching were limited today.”[ Flood Alison “Nobel judge fears for the future of western literature” theguardian.com, 7 Oct 2014 ]
Both of them considered the limitation of criticism. Therefore, Said claimed that the text should be worldly, they are to part of the social world, human life and the historical moments. That means we need to suspected all the doctrine and broken the doctrinal walls which restricted our thinking. We should interpret and criticize the text from different
Follow the dilemma of professionalism, Said raised the question of what does the intellectual represent today? Nowadays, there are many professionals, experts and consultants which recognize as intellectual, but not all of them have the function of intellectual in the society. For Said, a universal is an important role in his account of the intellectual, which means beyond our background, language and nationality that shield us from the reality of other.[ Said, Edward W: Representations of The Intellectual (London, New York: Vintage Book(US), 1994) introduction] He consider the intellectual should be the outsider that does not limited to specific group and even the national identity. They should standing outside the requirement of the power, facing the reality and realize the social structure control under the power.
Said suggested the …show more content…
Horace Engdahl, who select the winner of Nobel literature award every year, said that
“We talk in the same way about everything which is published, and literary criticism is poorer for it. Literary criticism and teaching were limited today.”[ Flood Alison “Nobel judge fears for the future of western literature” theguardian.com, 7 Oct 2014 ]
Both of them considered the limitation of criticism. Therefore, Said claimed that the text should be worldly, they are to part of the social world, human life and the historical moments. That means we need to suspected all the doctrine and broken the doctrinal walls which restricted our thinking. We should interpret and criticize the text from different