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The subject of Orientalism as a literary phenomenon has been focused on recently by creative writers all over the world. But not all those who write or wrote about Orientalism have the same understanding of it. Their views regarding Orientalism differ according to each one‟s background and ideologies. Hence, the researcher intends to categorize such views starting from the first critique of Anouar Abdel-Malek onward. Form the various studies on Orientalism, it is observable that we can find three main categories dealing with the different attitudes or understanding of it. The first group is represented by Edward Said being the eminent critic of real negative attitude while the second group‟s representative is Dr. Mohammed Sharafuddin symbolizing the apparently positive attitude. On the other hand, there is Nigel Leask as one example of the critics of the justificatory attitude. The researcher agrees, to some extent, with Said‟s attitude since it is the most neutral and rational. However, he looks at the views of the critics belonging to the second and third groups as illogical and dangerous since they either justify or normalize the direct orientalist misconceptions of the Islamic East. Though those critics with their multiple views make the field of Orientalism much more complicated, this paper helps making the Critique of Orientalism somehow more organized and easier to observe and rationalize.
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