• Nazrul Islam

Orient is a creation of the West whose purpose was and is to establish cultural and political supremacy over the orient. Its role is hegemonic. Said’s seminal text Orientalism deals with the structuring of the orient as ‘other’. In this paper it has been attempted to critically examine and interpret the themes; that Orientalism is innately made up of a number of discourses that continuously jostle with each other producing an absorptive science whose motive is to use knowledge for the interest of the West; Orientalist representation in literature; an account of representation as ‘Other’; Linguistic & Cultural hegemony. Furthermore, the major aspects of Orientalism are justified and analyzed with reference to the criticisms forwarded by other critics like Ziauddin Sardar, Aijaj Ahmed and Shelley Walia.

Interpretation, Orientalism, Hegemony, Occidental, Oriental, Representation

"Edward W. Said’s Orientalism: A Thematic Interpretation", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.159-164, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907K24.pdf

"Edward W. Said’s Orientalism: A Thematic Interpretation", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp159-164, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907K24.pdf