The villainous East versus the heroic West: a postcolonial analysis of the kite runner and its portrayal of Muslim Afghanistan

• Main Authors: Altabaa, Homam, Nik Nubli, Nik Nayly
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: International Islamic University Malaysia 2022
• Subjects: PK Indo-Iranian; PN Literature (General); PN0080 Criticism; PR English literature
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/102210/1/1123_Notification%20of%20Article%20Acceptance_The%20Villainous%20East%20versus%20the%20Heroic%20West.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/102210/19/102210_The%20villainous%20East%20versus%20the%20heroic%20West.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/102210/; https://journals.iium.edu.my/jiasia/index.php/jia/article/view/1123/526

The East is often portrayed as dangerous or mysterious in numerous Western literary works that attempt to depict it. As Edward Said has argued, this is due to the Western tendencies to view the East as fundamentally other and inferior. Rather than resisting such preconceived notions, Khaled Hosseini...