Brief Question of "Culture and Imperialism" Premium Premium Content This content is available for premium subscribers only. Login or Subscribe to access premium content. Brief Question of "Culture and Imperialis m" What was the result of Said’s research on culture and empire? Ans: It produced lectures he gave in the USA, Canada, and England (1985–1986). What does Orientalism mainly deal with? Ans: Affairs of the Middle East. What is Robinson Crusoe about? Ans: A European creating a feudal domain on a distant non-European island. What does Said say about recent criticism? Ans: Much focuses on fiction but ignores its place in imperial history. What inspired Americans and Europeans to fight for equality? Ans: Grand narratives of emancipation and their heroes. What was Arnold’s idea of culture? Ans: Culture can soften but not remove the harms of modern urban life. Why does Said call culture “a sort of theatre”? Ans: Because political and ideological forces act out struggles in it. What is Dickens’s Great Expectations about, according to Said? Ans: Pip’s self-delusion and failed dream of becoming a gentleman without labour or wealth. What history does Great Expectations reveal? Ans: Links between England and Australia, a white colony, through characters like Magwitch. When and why was Australia made a penal colony? Ans: In the late 18th century, to send England’s excess criminals there. Where is Conrad’s Nostromo set? Ans: In an independent Central American republic rich in silver. What does Nostromo forecast? Ans: Ongoing unrest and misrule in Latin America. Why is Conrad a precursor of Western views of the Third World? Ans: He shows it for Western judgment or exotic enjoyment. What view does Nostromo offer? Ans: A harsh view that inspired anti-imperialist writers like Greene and Naipaul. How does Said see the present world? Ans: Neither fully pessimistic nor optimistic; all views involve power and interest. What surprising changes have occurred in Western cities? Ans: Many non-white immigrants now demand their voices be heard. Why does Said comment on studying imperialism and culture? Ans: They must be studied as connected, not as separate or fixed. How is India shown in Kipling’s Kim? Ans: Beautiful but needing British control, from an Anglo-Indian view. What is one main subject of Culture and Imperialism? Ans: The link between history, culture, and aesthetic forms. When did America become an empire? Ans: From the 19th to mid-20th century. What is the reality of historical experience today? Ans: It is complex and shaped by global interactions. What is Said’s expectation for the USA? Ans: It will remain a united nation despite its cultural diversity. Why does Said call New York “an exilic city par excellence”? Ans: It resembles colonial cities and hosts diverse migrant voices. What does Said feel as a citizen of New York? Ans: He belongs to more than one history and culture. What is the connection between Culture and Imperialism and Orientalism? Ans: Both study imperial culture, but Culture and Imperialism includes global resistance. What is Orientalism about? Ans: The Middle East and Western attitudes toward it. Why did colonisers claim the right to rule? Ans: They believed themselves superior to the colonised. How does Said link culture with art? Ans: Culture appears in art forms aiming for pleasure, apart from politics or economics. When does culture become a source of identity? Ans: When there is a division between “us” (colonisers) and “them” (colonised). What truth existed in the non-European world? Ans: White colonisers always met some form of resistance. Why does Said call culture a sort of theatre? Ans: It’s where political and ideological struggles play out. What is Orientalism and when was it published? Ans: A 1978 work revealing Western bias toward the East. What is crucial to culture and imperialism? Ans: Narratives that tell or suppress stories shape imperial culture. Who are the “children of decolonization”? Ans: New scholars who expose racism in Western literature and support freedom. What is post-colonialism in literature? Ans: The study of literature shaped by coloniser–colonised relations. What does Said mean by culture? Ans: A theatre of political and ideological engagement. What is decolonization? Ans: Granting independence to a former colony. How does Said admire Dante and Shakespeare? Ans: They gave the world the best knowledge and a true picture of life. Continue Reading Subscribe to access the full content Upgrade to Premium