- All Journals
- Al-Qadisiyah University
- Basrah University
- Kirkuk University
- Mosul University
- The Iraqi Borad for Medical Specialization
- University of Anbar
- University of Technology
- Al Mustafa University
- Al-Zahraa University for Women
- Alnoor University
- Kunooz University
- Misan University
- Ninevah University
- Tikrit University
- University of Al-Hamdaniya
- University of Kerbala
Postcolonial Reading of George Packer's Betrayed | ||
| Anbar University Journal of Languages and Literature | ||
| Article 1, Volume 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 127-140 PDF (0 K) | ||
| DOI: 10.37654/aujll.2014.92401 | ||
| Authors | ||
| ; Majeed Ismail Fayadh | ||
| Abstract | ||
| George Packer's play Betrayed (2008) is considered as an anti-war play which depicts the betrayal of the Americans for the Iraqis who collaborate with its forces especially the translators. A Post-colonial reading of the play also shows the recurrent image of the Oriental man in the Western literature ( of course here the Iraqi people who are depicted as either naïve, simple, and stupid or extremists, fundamentalists or terrorists). The study also shows the contradictions in the text. the play is , on the one hand, a propaganda and a justification of the war and on the other hand it reveals the false claims of the Americans of liberating the country and reconstructing it making it a democratic country. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| George Packer; anti; war play; Postcolonial Reading | ||
|
Statistics Article View: 212 PDF Download: 5 |
||