EN 204 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: George Orwell, Eurocentrism, Melting Pot
14 Feb 2019
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The bias we have towards the human experience has been universalized by the and if they are used to be imposed on the world it"s a form of imperialism. England imposed their ideas on to non-western people i. e india. Edward said and orientalism, the study of oriental languages and culture. Eastern countries became an easy "other" for western countries. Literature of mediation; we want to be entertained and react to the narrative. There"s an idea that they are exiled culturally, not physically. Exile: they will willing exile themselves from their countries and will willingly take that idea or moment, they were in when they left. There were a lot of justifications for british rule. The natives were ignorant that their ways worked. Places heavily populated by people of color were deemed as ignorant "to govern themselves" Orientalist critic: the prisoner shouting "ram, ram" - The distance between and sequence of the hanging.
