ENGLISH 3F03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Antoine Galland, Unbridled, Essentialism
4 May 2016
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Men: generalize all women and they are reconfirmed in their prejudice. 7 the malice of woman is mighty shahryar would have slain a thousand. The seducer who slept with 570 men page 11 black demon. Three times in a row their prejudices are confirmed, pattern. Final lesson: save us from women"s malice, page 11. Orientalism: refers to the representation of the orient by western scholars and media, it involves fantasies about the orient and defending the other. Burton wants to write the way an arab writes. Dealing with the construction of the orient, sexual orientation, race, or ethnicities. Despotic rulers, riches, hospitality, slaves, darker skin color associated with unbridled sexuality. Two european orientalists who translated the nights, early 18th century antoine. Galland, and richard burton middle of 19th century. Europes greatest and richest colonies france and england. In the after word: the nights turned into an important source of knowledge about.
