A Mosaic of Misunderstanding: Occident, Orient, and Facets of Mutual Misconstrual

ISBN-13: 9783631674734 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 212 str.

Julia Szoltysek

Opis

The book investigates relations between the East and West which have been forming and evolving from the Enlightenment until the present times. On the basis of material covering a selection of American, British and Turkish literature, as well as examples of Western Orientalist painting and musical (operatic) illustrations of analysed issues, the study aims to usher in a deeper and more nuanced understanding of post/colonial phenomena and their broader socio-cultural implications. The work attempts to accentuate the resonances and dissonances between various arts and disciplines, with the view to illuminating the organic nature of both inter- and intra-cultural relationships. The rationale behind such an orientation in research and methodology has not been to arrive at a final eclectic perspective, but rather, to promote a more comprehensive and diverse approach towards the Other. "

Spis treści

Of Mutual Threats - 9/11 Re/considered - Of Orhan Pamuk's Delightful Obsessions - Of Temptations Lady Mary Discovered, and Shared with Others - Of Promises and New Beginnings - Interview with Erdem Erdogan - Interview with Elijah Moshinsky

O autorze

Julia Szoltysek completed her doctoral dissertation at the University of Wroclaw, Poland. She currently lectures at the University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland. Her academic interests include literary and artistic representations of the Middle East, travel discourses, racial/ethnic theories, and opera studies.