چکیده:
Several novels have appeared after the September 11 attacks which
deal directly or indirectly with the effect of the event on individuals, both inside
and outside of the United States. Though, the novels often claim to deal with
the post- traumatic aftermath of the incident, the writers regularly use Orientalist
stereotyping and it seems that after 9/11 this attitude toward Muslims has hardened
and even strengthened the old Orientalist discourse. Besides representing all
Muslims as terrorists, the representation of women in these novels is of significance
as they often reiterate and perpetuate the image of Muslim women as oppressed
subhuman who live in the state of abject slavery imposed allegedly by Islamic rules.
While Oriental women in general and Muslim women in particular are represented
as the oppressed ones they are also regarded as being seductive, submissive and
often an epitome of immorality and transgressive sexuality.
This paper shall focus on John Updike’s Terrorist and Don Dolillo’s Falling Man
as both novels were New York Times bestsellers and both novelists are prominent
figures of American literature. The paper attempts to examine the ways in which the
novelists have represented Muslim women in the context of the post 9/11 novels and
how Muslims and their ideologies are represented with regard to women.
خلاصه ماشینی:
"Orientalist Feminism; Representation of Muslim Women in Two American Novels: Terrorist and Falling Man Seyed Mohammad Marandi1 Zeinab Ghasemi Tari2 Abstract: Several novels have appeared after the September 11 attacks which deal directly or indirectly with the effect of the event on individuals, both inside and outside of the United States.
This paper is an attempt to offer a contrapuntal reading of two novels, Terrorist by John Updike and Don DeLillo’s Falling Man as both novels are New York Times bestsellers and both novelists are prominent canonical figures of contemporary American literature.
of eighteen and nineteen centuries to the present reveals the fact that representation of Oriental and Muslim women has not changed over centuries and some common traditions International Journal of Women’s Research and stereotypes are recurring with almost little or no change at all.
Memoires written on Iran are perfect example of how Muslim women are represented by Orientalists and in case of Iranian writers the Orietalized Orientals have made a significant contribution to the existing literature.
Feminist Orientalism: Representation of Muslim Women in Terrorist and Falling Man One of important aspects of Orientalism is that the Orientalist often considers himself as an omniscient narrator that speaks who represents the Orientals.
Though the novels have been written in the 21st century and there has been an increase in contact with and information about Muslims, the writers often use the same clichés and stereotypes about Muslims which have existed since the Middle Ages as Sardar puts it: Willful misunderstanding and knowledgeable ignorance have remained the Orientalist Feminism; Representation of Muslim ..."