what is Orientalism and Occidentalism? Orientalism by Edward Said

1. The Post-colonial
Literature
Prepared by
Makwana Monika
Department of English

2. • Orientalism vs. Occidentalism
• Name:- Makwana Monika
• Topic:- Orientalism vs. Occidentalism
• M. A. Sem:- 3
• Roll no:- 21
• Enrollment no-2069108420190027
• Email I’D:- makwanamonika76@gmail.com
• Submitted to:- S. B. Gardi department of English

3. • What is Orientalism and Occidentalism?
• The representation
of Asia, its people
and culture by
western world called
Orientalism.
• The exaggerated view of East
as a backward and uncivilized
than the west. This
stereotyped image of east,
which is created by west is
called Occidentalism.

4. • Orientalism by Edward Said
• It is a 1978 book.
• Written by Edward Said.
• In which he discusses
Orientalism, defined as the
west’s patronizing
representation of ‘The
East’- the societies and
peoples who inhabit the
place of Asia, North Africa
and the middle East.

5. • Occidentalism: The west in the eyes of its
Enemies by Lan Buruma and Avishai
Margalit
• In this book Authors are
talking about the distorted
image of west which has
been created by its
enemies.
• This image is the reason
of hatred which west has
from all around the world.
To that they have called
Occidentalism.

6. Occident orient
•West
•Civilized
•Colonizer
•Modern
•Present future
•East
•Uncivilized
•Colonized
•Mysterious
•past

7. • Orientalism in Movies
• “Slumdog Millionaire” is a drama
film, directed by Danny Boyle.
• Written by Simon beaufoy and
published Christian Colson.
• The problems with this movie is
after many years of independence
still west want to see is why these
all things are keep coming.
• The interesting thing is west wants
to see East as inferior to them and
that is why this movie also has that
is why this movie also has that
representation of East.

8. Orientalism in movie: ‘Munn Bhai
M. B. B. S’
• In Munna Bhai MBBS,
where a person who is
foreigner wants to take
pictures of only poor
India.
• This is what typical
image which has been
talked about others.

9. • Orientalism in movie: The
Reluctant fundamentalists
• In this movie we have seen the 911 attack and
the changes which are faced by a particular
person because he is Muslim.
• We can see how the footage of classroom are
manipulated. The problems which hero has to
face just because he belongs to particular
identity not good. They have interrogated for no
reason.
• His identity has become a Pakistani and not just
as a simple human being.

10. • We can see the
condition of hero that
how much he suffers.
• He always loved
America but these
things make you
leave the job for
which you have work
so hard and the place
which you loved the
most.

11. • Occidentalism in movies
• In ‘Queen’ movie has portray
a very good and bad image
of Occident.
• The one thing is portrayed
about which book is talking
about the baby without
marriage, single mother,
prostitutions and the woman
get ready to have
intercourse with anyone.

12. • Occidentalism in movie: Badrinath
ki Dulhaniya
• In this movie
portray the freedom
which woman gets
in west but not in
East.
• It also portrays the
strict police system.

13. • Occidentalism in movie:
Namastey London
• This movie also
represents that
how western
modernity is ruining
the life of younger.
• The Eastern value
are best and west
are not good.

14. Conclusion
• After looking at all these things we can
say that the knowledge which has been
created about Occident or Orient have lots
of problem. It can not be changed so
easily. Both the side of the earth should
try to give new knowledge which is worth
reading.

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