Looking in the mirror- English Assessment task- Term 1 Part A-Mum Ahoy By Kent McMahon Q1. Write about the article’s content- explain in your own words what has happened? A.This articles is about a young female career sailor of the Royal Australian Army who has been separated from her three-year-old daughter for six months due to her tour of duty in the Middle- East. Zanda Furnell-Hall‚ 26-year-old single mother‚ is an electronic warfare director with the Royal
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A brief summary of “Occidentalism: A Short History of Anti-Westernism” by Ian Buruma and Avishai Margalit A brief summary of “Occidentalism: A Short History of Anti-Westernism” by Ian Buruma and Avishai Margalit The authors‚ through their book: “Occidentalism: A history of Anti-Westernism” tried to give explanation to anti-western attitudes. The book discusses an disturbing thinking that imagines the West to be devoid of any virtues‚ believes that it is the symbol of sins and
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Postcoloniality and Subaltern Studies Postcoloniality and subaltern studies are studies done regarding a specific culture influenced by colonialism but the perspective in which they are done is different. Postcoloniality study by definition is a specifically post-modern intellectual dissertation that consists of reactions to‚ and analysis of‚ the cultural effects of colonialism. Subaltern studies on the other hand is the analysis of the dimensions of colonialism and how it affected cultures but
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My paper was on Understanding Post-Colonial Hybridization and Syncretization in Literature and that not only do we need to understand the meanings of these words but we also need to understand the authors background and how these terms give feeling and emotion on the subject matter they are writing about. Did the author grow up on the colonizers side or the colonized? This impacts the way he/she views both sides and their surroundings. I also talk about the meaning of diaspora and orientalism
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Eng Seminar Post-colonialism - is an academic discipline that comprises methods of intellectual discourse that present analyses of‚ and responses to‚ the cultural legacies of colonialism and of imperialism‚ which draw from different post-modern schools of thought. Post-colonial Literature - addresses the problems and consequences of the de-colonization of a country and of a nation. The characters of his novels are mainly among the immigrants‚ the colonized‚ and the oppressed that are suffering
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Critical Thought Paper 1: Orientalism In Orientalism‚ Edward Said discusses the many aspects of the term “Orientalism‚” including its origins‚ the primary ideas and arguments behind Orientalism‚ and the impact that Orientalism has had on the relationship between the West and the East. He quotes Joseph Conrad for the proposition that conquering people who are different from us is “not a pretty thing.” It needs an “idea” to “redeem” it. Said’s concept of Orientalism helps define the “idea” that
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our point of view. “States” by Edward Said is a transcultural text. A contact zone is the space in which transculturation takes place. Mary Pratt defines “Transculturation is a process whereby members of subordinated or marginal groups select and invent from materials transmitted by a dominant metropolitan culture” (323). Palestinians are surrounded by dominant cultures. Pratt uses “transcultural” to describe the dominant groups or cultures because there are so many
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individuals identity” Research Paper by: Nicole Y. Herma Compare and Contrast: This paper will discuss how Eastern civilization has affected the Western culture and how they differ in society. Also discussed will be how orientalism‚ by Edward Said‚ has played a role in cultural studies in which he has challenged the idea of orientalism. Discuss the future of eastern and western societies and where the American culture stands today. Also discussions on how this effects our individual
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Summary of "On Orientalism" by Edward Said One of the most important themes of the movie “On Orientalism” by Edward Said’s is the approach and the concepts of the area of people that has needed world attention for so long. Edward Said’s study of “Orientalism” includes the Middle East‚ the Near East‚ and the Far East‚ this area of the world starts conflict sooner than any part of the world and it has been this way for almost 2000 years. This whole area of the world is grouped
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established their life‚ their culture and their heart; sadly it has happened where people have been forced out of their homeland. Great opening sentences. Mary Louise Pratt‚ Kenji Yoshino and Edward Said all present very good methods of maintaining one’s national identity in their essays. In Mary Louise Pratt’s essay Arts of the Contact Zone she gives examples of people who are in a contact zone. Contact zones are where people are meeting other cultures‚ and they have to remember not to lose their own
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