ORIENTALIST DISCOURSE IN AMERICAN LITERATURE AND THE PHILOSOPHICAL ANALYSIS OF PLATO'S TRIAD
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Nuriyeva Nurana Majid gizi
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This article examines the formation of American Orientalism as rooted in the European tradition, exploring its connection with literary and philosophical discourses through the framework of Plato's triad. The works of Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, and Kahlil Gibran are comparatively analyzed to reveal how Eastern imagery is presented through the Platonic triad and interpreted within postcolonial theory (Said, Bhabha, Spivak). The study investigates the othering and degradation of Eastern peoples in Irving's historical-literary works and Poe's engagement with Eastern mysticism and Sufi symbolism, thereby uncovering the diverse trajectories of American Orientalism. These approaches have played a significant role in shaping U.S. national identity and transforming European Orientalist discourse.
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Nuriyeva Nurana Majid gizi
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