Contradicting Confrontation with Colonial Orientalism in Abdulrahman Munif’s “Ard As-Sawaad”

Orientalism, apart from being an attempt to introduce “the Orient”, and a manifestation of liaison between the East and the West, also has aimed to control and colonize. Therefore, Colonial Orientalism is a familiar term for the educated eastern writers, who are concerned about identity issues and w...

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Main Authors: Fatima parchekani, Farhad rajabi, Milad Darvishi
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Language:Arabic
Published: Semnan University 2017-09-01
Series:دراسات في اللغة العربيّة وآدابها
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Online Access:https://lasem.semnan.ac.ir/article_2467_f055b83508eb397b242f638cbaefc619.pdf
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description Orientalism, apart from being an attempt to introduce “the Orient”, and a manifestation of liaison between the East and the West, also has aimed to control and colonize. Therefore, Colonial Orientalism is a familiar term for the educated eastern writers, who are concerned about identity issues and work for resolving them. Confronting colonial orientalism happens in various forms, the most important of which is exploiting the potentials and possibilities available in literature, especially in novels. The novel Ard As-Sawaad (the Land of blackness) is an example of this confrontation in which Abdulrahman Munif attempts to create events and characters that portray a picture of the colonizing and the colonized in a way that the artistic features of the work are also preserved. Munif reminds the readers of the goals of colonization and how the people of the Orient confront those goals. Rich symbolizes the Colonizing West and Dawood Pasha represents the Colonized East. The conclusion which can be drawn is that colonizing forces would never succeed in their domineering goals if they are resisted by Easterners who are cognizant and knowledgeable and take sensible action.
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spelling doaj-art-0bbd8e00dd954ab98a78417c5ac9e0062025-08-20T03:54:19ZaraSemnan Universityدراسات في اللغة العربيّة وآدابها2008-90232538-32802017-09-01825537610.22075/lasem.2017.6424.2467Contradicting Confrontation with Colonial Orientalism in Abdulrahman Munif’s “Ard As-Sawaad”Fatima parchekani0Farhad rajabi1Milad Darvishi2Assistant Professor, Kharazmi University, Iran,Associate Professor, Gilan University, IranM.A. Student of Arabic Language and Literature, Kharazmi University, IranOrientalism, apart from being an attempt to introduce “the Orient”, and a manifestation of liaison between the East and the West, also has aimed to control and colonize. Therefore, Colonial Orientalism is a familiar term for the educated eastern writers, who are concerned about identity issues and work for resolving them. Confronting colonial orientalism happens in various forms, the most important of which is exploiting the potentials and possibilities available in literature, especially in novels. The novel Ard As-Sawaad (the Land of blackness) is an example of this confrontation in which Abdulrahman Munif attempts to create events and characters that portray a picture of the colonizing and the colonized in a way that the artistic features of the work are also preserved. Munif reminds the readers of the goals of colonization and how the people of the Orient confront those goals. Rich symbolizes the Colonizing West and Dawood Pasha represents the Colonized East. The conclusion which can be drawn is that colonizing forces would never succeed in their domineering goals if they are resisted by Easterners who are cognizant and knowledgeable and take sensible action.https://lasem.semnan.ac.ir/article_2467_f055b83508eb397b242f638cbaefc619.pdforientalismeastcolonialismabdulrahman munifresistanceard as-sawad
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Contradicting Confrontation with Colonial Orientalism in Abdulrahman Munif’s “Ard As-Sawaad”
دراسات في اللغة العربيّة وآدابها
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east
colonialism
abdulrahman munif
resistance
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title Contradicting Confrontation with Colonial Orientalism in Abdulrahman Munif’s “Ard As-Sawaad”
title_full Contradicting Confrontation with Colonial Orientalism in Abdulrahman Munif’s “Ard As-Sawaad”
title_fullStr Contradicting Confrontation with Colonial Orientalism in Abdulrahman Munif’s “Ard As-Sawaad”
title_full_unstemmed Contradicting Confrontation with Colonial Orientalism in Abdulrahman Munif’s “Ard As-Sawaad”
title_short Contradicting Confrontation with Colonial Orientalism in Abdulrahman Munif’s “Ard As-Sawaad”
title_sort contradicting confrontation with colonial orientalism in abdulrahman munif s ard as sawaad
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east
colonialism
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resistance
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