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Title:	Architectures of enmity in selected post-9/11 American novels: a geopolitical postcolonial approach
Authors:	M Ikbal M Alosman (P87654 )
Supervisor:	Raihanah Mohd Mydin, Assoc. Dr.
Keywords:	September 11 Terrorist Attacks 2001 in literature September 11 Terrorist Attacks 2001 -- Influence Literature -- 21st century -- History and criticism Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia -- Dissertations Dissertations, Academic -- Malaysia
Issue Date:	1-Jan-2018
Description:	This study sets outs to address the issue of exemplification of the Muslim Other in post-9/11 American novels. The first objective is to examine three American novels' demonstrations of Islam and Muslims as with their association with terrorism and intolerance towards other religions and contextualizing these representations with their geopolitical, Orientalist and colonial circumstances. The second objective is to investigate each narrative's illustration of Islam and Muslims' sexual and gendered otherness as well as Muslims' ability to develop, change and modernize. John Updike's Terrorist, Don DeLillo's Falling Man and Andre Dubus III's The Garden of Last Days foreground Islam, Muslims and terrorist plots, making use of 9/11 attacks as their main context. The conceptual framework is termed as architectures of enmity which draws on postcolonial and geopolitical concepts. Architectures of enmity are the deliberated schemes exploited to shape the Other into a differentiated, abhorred and enemy-like Other. First, postcolonial theorizing of colonialist discourse long established Western knowledge about the Orient and its accompanying discourse; Orientalism provides the overarching theory that unpacks the American novelistic discourse. Second, by means of analyzing each narrative's architectures of enmity, the Muslim characters as well as incidents where Islam, Muslims and pertaining geographies involved are examined and illuminated through three constructs, namely, "Islamic Antagonism," "difference" and "colonial shadows." Through this methodology, analythesis shows the writers' systematic and relentless portraits of Islam and its believers as abhorred adversary that provide legitimization for initiations of violence against them and colonization of their land. The findings also show that Islam, as a religion, has been assimilated and employed as an influential factor in each novel's portrayal of the Muslim other. Additionally, the geopolitical circumstances of 9/11 attacks have been ridiculed, disclaimed and overlooked. The conclusions drawn from the analysis show that Orientalism still dominates American literary exemplification of the Muslim Other in the post-9/11 era, though within more antagonistic framework. The implication of the study shows that reading literary texts within pertaining geopolitical, colonial and Orientalist conditions is essential in comprehending these texts and uncovering the ideological constructs behind their renderings of the Other.,Certification of Masters/Doctoral Thesis" is not available
Pages:	261
Call Number:	PN56.T45A437 2018 tesis
Publisher:	UKM, Bangi
Appears in Collections:	Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities / Fakulti Sains Sosial dan Kemanusiaan

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