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

Julia Szoltysek

• Publisher: Peter Lang Group
• Year: 2016
• ISBN:
  9783653066845
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: Literary Criticism
• Index: Literature

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.'

Table of contents

• Cover
• Table of Contents
• List of Images
• Acknowledgments
• Bibliographical Note
• Prelude
• Chapter One: Of Mutual Threats – 9/11 Re/Considered
• Chapter Two: Of Orhan Pamuk’s Delightful Obsessions
• Chapter Three: Of Temptations Lady Mary Discovered, and Shared with Others
• Post-Scriptum: Of Promises and New Beginnings
• Appendices
• Works Cited
• Index