ENGL 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Ayad Akhtar, Islamic Garden, Defamiliarization
14 Dec 2017
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Ayad akhtar: born in new york in 1970 to pakistani parents, raised in milwaukee, wi. Began writing in high school after encountering modernist writers. Studied drama and acting at brown university, and in. Builds the play around multiple stereotypes that many are uncomfortable discussing: not just. Islamophobia ones, but other racial and gendered stereotypes. If you reject one, the play might lead you to the uncomfortable recognition that you hold another. Aktar in 2013 interview, disgraced is open to multiple interpretations, shaped by viewers" individual experiences. Play begins on by focusing out attention on the act of representing another person, and by extension culture: emily is painting amir. Initial setting: domestic scene, large painting patterns reminiscent of an islamic garden. The effect is lustrous and magnetic. there is a fireplace with a statue of siva (hindu god shiva), a side table on which a half-dozen bottles of alcohol sit. the effect of this setting is eclectic and secular.
