Abstract

This study aims to uncover the orientalist  stereotyping of orients in the novel Red Birds by Muhammad Hanif. The researcher has used Orientalism by Edward Said as a theory to investigate the orientalist underpinnings in the novel. The researcher has specifically focused on Major Ellie, a US plan fighter who came to bomb an unknown place in the Middle East. The researcher has thoroughly studied the text and uses the theory of Orientalism to explore and analyze it. After critically analyzing the text, the researcher has concluded that Major Ellie has used the same stereotypical and orientalist discourse which Edward Said has talked about in his book. In the current study, the researcher has found that Ellie has stereotyped the orients as 'uncivilized, goatherd, motherfuckers, and bad people', which has a historical roots in the production of knowlgede on orients.

Keywords: Edward Said, Red Birds, Orientalism, Representation, Postcolonial study, Muhammad Hanif, Stereotyping, Orients