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A number of the greatest classics (both old and modern) of English literature extending from Antony and Cleopatra to A Passage to India contain a sympathetic portrayal of the East which connects them to each other in a way that justifies the term «literary orientalism». Literary Orientalism Postcolonialism and Universalism describes this clearly discernable tradition and examines certain key texts of oriental literature for the strong impact that they have had on English literature and for the striking manner in which they have been absorbed and appropriated into British culture. The Arabian Nights stands foremost among these works which include the Maqamat Ibn Tufayl's Hayy Bin Yaqdhan as well as the oriental sources of courtly love. Literary Orientalism Postcolonialism and Universalism then moves from literary orientalism to a discussion of postcolonialism and postcolonial discourse. It argues principally that the time has come to go beyond orientalism and postcolonialism to a more universalist approach. The inadequacies of the term «postcolonial» in particular and the Eurocentric and Westernist perspective it implies affirm the need for a renewed modern form of humanism a new humanist universalism.

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