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Faculty of Humanities and Social Science => English => Topic started by: fatema_diu on February 13, 2015, 11:33:49 AM

Title: Representation of Islam: Terrorist by John Updike
Post by: fatema_diu on February 13, 2015, 11:33:49 AM

Post 9/11 fictions tend to represent Islam stereotypically forgetting the cultural plurality. Many fiction writers are stuck in the Western political position in the issue of terrorism. This paper will specifically focus on the fiction The Terrorist by John Updike. In the novel the protagonist Ahmad Ashmawy Mulloy, guided by a local mosque’s imam, shows extreme religiosity to be a part of a terrorist attack. Using Quaranic verses excessively and sometime exotically, female wearing hijab, hating Western culture and minorities being threat to American security, these are some stereotyped features found in the novel, used in such a way, to signify all the Muslims in general. This paper will explore all these stereotypical uses in the novel.

Title: Re: Representation of Islam: Terrorist by John Updike
Post by: Afroza Akhter Tina on February 16, 2015, 01:05:59 PM

Your ideas are well stated ma'am and yes I agree that using Quaranic verses without the proper context may confuse readers of other religion and so we need to be very careful while commenting on these.May be the mis-representation of these verses through media and some authors are responsible for these concerned issues.

Title: Re: Representation of Islam: Terrorist by John Updike
Post by: irina on February 22, 2015, 12:42:05 PM

Dear Fatema
Good to know.

Title: Re: Representation of Islam: Terrorist by John Updike
Post by: Farhana Helal Mehtab on March 03, 2015, 04:53:07 PM

I have gone through the full paper of  Islam and Modernity: A Study of John Updike's Terrorist (2006)
from the Journal of Teaching Language Skills (JTLS).

Sharing the online version/ link so that interested people can read the full research paper.
http://www.sid.ir/en/vewssid/j_pdf/13112012670408.pdf

Title: Re: Representation of Islam: Terrorist by John Updike
Post by: nujhat.eng on March 22, 2015, 11:44:40 AM

I have gone through the posts and want to read more

Title: Re: Representation of Islam: Terrorist by John Updike
Post by: Mir Sadia Siddequa on April 08, 2015, 09:19:49 AM

I liked the paper very much.... Thank You Farhana Madam for sharing it...

Title: Re: Representation of Islam: Terrorist by John Updike
Post by: A.S. Rafi on April 26, 2015, 06:53:17 PM

this work got potential, carry on.

Title: Re: Representation of Islam: Terrorist by John Updike
Post by: Afroza Akhter Tina on June 10, 2015, 12:45:32 PM

REPRESENTATION is the key word...can raise lots of other issues and concerns as well  :)






Afroza Akhter Tina
Senior Lecturer
Department of English, DIU

Title: Re: Representation of Islam: Terrorist by John Updike
Post by: Shah Nister Kabir on June 16, 2015, 03:18:45 PM

Its a very good contribution. Very articulated.