Srinivas aravamudan gained his phd at cornell university and has taught at the university of utah, and at the university of washington. More than mere exoticism, tales of the orient fascinated ordinary readers as well as intellectuals, taking the fancy of philosophers such as voltaire, montesquieu, and diderot in france, and writers such as. The franklin humanities institute and duke university libraries hosted a faculty bookwatch panel discussion on srinivas aravamudans enlightenment orientalism. Resisting the rise of the novel enlightenment orientalism. Duke professor srinivas aravamudan reveals how oriental tales, pseudoethnographies, sexual fantasies, and political satires took europe by. In memoriam srinivas aravamudan, 19622016 john hope. A sophisticated reinterpretation of the history of the novel, enlightenment orientalism is sure to be welcomed as a landmark work in eighteenthcentury studies. The insights of postcolonial theory illuminate the manner in which the. Srinivas aravamudan is the author of tropicopolitans 4.
Given this powerful critical alliance lined up against the socalled age of awakening, srinivas aravamudans characterization of his book, enlightenment orientalism, as a heretical exercise is perhaps not just tongue in cheek 3. In enlightenment orientalism, srinivas aravamudan focuses on the segment of enlightenment thought that might seem most vulnerable to charges of complicity with the imperial projectbut it is precisely in the unexpected site of orientalism that his intriguing book finds an underexploited possibility for resistance. Anne mccafferty, dragonflight ballentine books, 1968, p. Srinivas aravamudan here reveals how oriental tales, pseudoethn. More than mere exoticism, tales of the orient fascinated. Rather than framing his critique around the persistence of a particular genre like the romance, as others have done, aravamudan groups together a diverse array of prose fictions whose themes, rhetoric, and. Srinivas aravamudan professor of english, literature. Srinivas aravamudan, dean of humanities and professor of. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read enlightenment orientalism.
Resisting the rise of the novel by srinivas aravamudan mr. Srinivas aravamudan is dean of humanities at duke universitys trinity college of the arts and sciences and author, most recently, of. Resisting the rise of the novelby aravamudan, srinivas. Naming this body of fiction enlightenment orientalism, he poses a range of urgent questions that uncovers the interdependence of oriental tales and domestic fiction, thereby challenging standard scholarly narratives about the. Naming this body of fiction enlightenment orientalism, he poses a range of urgent questions that uncovers the interdependence of oriental tales and domestic fiction, thereby challenging standard scholarly. Srinivas aravamudan s enlightenment orientalism argues that existing accounts of the rise of the novel distort the true breadth of eighteenthcentury imaginative fiction. Rather, it is an acknowledgment of the widespread influence saids work in particular, and postcolonial. The study includes expert readings of many overlooked oriental fictions as well as fresh interpretations of the highlights of the genre.
This chapter explains that the hobbesian and lockean use of america as an ideologeme of academic history anticipates many different kinds of thoughtexperiment in enlightenment writing, while it might initially appear that such abstract theoretical speculation is unmoored from historical reference. This book uses a historical and theoretical focus to examine the key of issues of the enlightenment, orientalism, concepts of identity and difference, and the contours of different modernities in relation to both local and global shaping forces, including the spread of capitalism. Over the last thirty years, postcolonial critiques of european imperial practices have transformed our understanding of colonial ideology, resistance, and cultural contact. Resisting the rise of the novel james mulhollands sounding imperial is an impressive contribution, recovering in the eighteenthcentury fantasy of unmediated voices a tradition of experimental poetry. Srinivas aravamudans enlightenment orientalism makes significant contributions to the study of eighteenthcentury fiction from a transnational perspective. Enlightenment orientalism ebook by srinivas aravamudan. Srinivas aravamudan is professor of english, romance studies, and the literature program at duke university. Victor chauvin, bibliographie des ouvrages arabes ou relatifs aux arabes, 12 vols. The arabian nights in european literature an anthology. He was widely recognized for his work on eighteenthcentury british and french literature and postcolonial literature and theory. April th, 2016 obituary from duke today srinivas aravamudan, professor of english and former dean of the humanities at duke, died on wednesday. The work contains a famous passage in which candide reaches an utopian community after a journey on an underground river, reminiscent of a similar episode in the voyages of sindbad.
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Aravamudan, a scholar of 18thcentury british and french literature and postcolonial literature, was also a champion of the humanities, committed to nurturing and promoting their role in contemporary society. Naming this body of fiction enlightenment orientalism, he poses a range of urgent questions that uncovers the interdependence of oriental tales and domestic fiction, thereby. Srinivas aravamudan srinivas aravamudan here reveals how oriental tales, pseudoethnographies, sexual fantasies, and political satires took europe by storm during the eighteenth century. The enlightenment has played a complex but often unacknowledged role in this discussion, alternately reviled and venerated as the harbinger of colonial dominion and avatar of liberation, as target and shield. Srinivass two books in eighteenthcentury studies, tropicopolitans. Resisting the rise of the novel on friday, february 20, 2015. In candide, voltaire parodied the genre of the romance which had been popular in the 17th century and was refashioned to incorporate the orientalism of the nights. Enlightenment orientalism by aravamudan, srinivas ebook. Aravamudans most recent book displays his characteristic provocation, range, and ambition.
Resisting the rise of the novel, srinivas aravamudan follows in the footsteps of seventeenth and eighteenthcentury critics, on both sides of the channel, in order to remind us of a moment at which an alternative genealogy of the novel wasand continues to remainpossible. He was a professor of english, literature, and romance studies at duke university, where he also served as dean of the humanities. This event was cosponsored by english, romance studies, the program in literature, and the center for art, philosophy and literature pal at duke. Aravamudan shows that enlightenment orientalism was a significant movement that criticized irrational european practices even while sympathetically bridging differences among civilizations. Kenshur prize for the best book in eighteenthcentury studies published in 2012 to srinivas aravamudans enlightenment orientalism. Resisting the rise of the novel ebook written by srinivas aravamudan.