Question

Name the author of the critical work Orientalism (1978):

• A. Frantz Fanon
• B. Edward Said
• C. Homi K. Bhabha
• D. Stuart Hall

Answer 1

Answer:

B. Edward Said

Orientalism was written by Edward Said.

In this influential critical work, Said examines how Western writers and scholars represented the East (the “Orient”) in ways that supported colonial power and dominance. The book is foundational in postcolonial studies.