What does Edward Said argue about the concept of the Orient ?

Introduction to Literary Theory 12/03/2021

A. It has little relationship to the colonization of Asian countries by the West.
B. It illustrates the fundamental political equality of all nations.
C. It was produced by Western scholarship.
D. Its literature is less proud that that of the West.

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