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Fiction and Reality T.E. Lawrence's Portrait of the Arabs in Seven Pillars of Wisdom

Fiction and Reality T.E. Lawrence's Portrait of the Arabs in Seven Pillars of Wisdom

Malki, Norah Al

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ISBN10: 3639113616
ISBN13: 9783639113617
Publisher: Blues Kids Of Amer
Published: Dec 19 2008
Pages: 96
Weight: 0.31
Height: 0.20 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The Arabian 'Other' in T. E. Lawrence's (1888-1935) SPW(1935) is practically not Arabian; not even strikes one as Eastern except at few occasions. Lawrence's travel account is full of falsifications and fictions that contribute to destroying the Arabian image. SPW presents its main hero under the dual influence of war and cultural alienation, hence it is more of one man's life than a historical account of the Arabian revolution. Consequently, terms like ambiguous, inconsistent and contestable best describe Lawrence's Arabian image. His reconstructed reality is never at any one time immune against falling apart as the author introduces or destroys patterns with which he charters the foreign world. These patterns, in fact, never succeed in retaining the spirit of the world inspected. Instead, they emphasize the traveler's reflective and critical appreciation of his 'Self' drawing mystifyingly on the Other's mythical or stereotypical status.

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