Albert D. Pionke's “Beyond “The Hero as Prophet”: A Survey of Images of Islam,”(2005) is a brief study of Thomas Carlyle’s lecture on Muhammad. The researcher starts his study by describing the significance and influence of Carlyle’s lecture, arguing that Carlyle’s image of Muhammad is a complex one. Accordingly, the author attempts to shed light on this complex image briefly by investigating the works of Carlyle in which he referred to Islam.
First, Pionke analyses some parts of Carlyle’s lecture “The Hero as Prophet. Mahomet: Islam” and he concludes his analysis by saying that Carlyle’s methodology in dealing with Islam was not free of bias, and his representation of Muhammad was to a large extent “ambivalent”. Next, he explains the image of Muhammad in other lectures in Carlyle’s work On Hero, Hero Worship, and the Heroic in History. Here, Pionke believes that the …show more content…
However, his representation of Muhammad is an ambiguous, contradictory one. After examining some aspects of Carlyle’s portrayal of Muhammad, the researcher asserts that Carlyle had a prejudiced attitude towards Muhammad, and that Muslims made a gross error in quoting Carlyle’s words to show the Western writers’ appraisal of Muhammad. While in her study al-Qadhi concentrates on the negative image of Muhammad portrayed by Carlyle, this present study intends to display a balanced view of both the negative and the positive images of Muhammad that were portrayed by Carlyle.
In "The Edification of Sir Walter Scott’s Saladin in The Talisman." (2011) Zaman, Md Saifuz argues The Talisman, though one of Sir Walter Scott’s lesser known works, garnered attention by its criticism in Edward Said’s Orientalism. This essay looks at how premature that criticism is by examining Scott’s sympathetic portrayal of Saladin in the novel. Indeed, one might attribute a case of “hero worship” to Scott, seeing how unashamedly effusive his admiration of the Sultan is in the
First, Pionke analyses some parts of Carlyle’s lecture “The Hero as Prophet. Mahomet: Islam” and he concludes his analysis by saying that Carlyle’s methodology in dealing with Islam was not free of bias, and his representation of Muhammad was to a large extent “ambivalent”. Next, he explains the image of Muhammad in other lectures in Carlyle’s work On Hero, Hero Worship, and the Heroic in History. Here, Pionke believes that the …show more content…
However, his representation of Muhammad is an ambiguous, contradictory one. After examining some aspects of Carlyle’s portrayal of Muhammad, the researcher asserts that Carlyle had a prejudiced attitude towards Muhammad, and that Muslims made a gross error in quoting Carlyle’s words to show the Western writers’ appraisal of Muhammad. While in her study al-Qadhi concentrates on the negative image of Muhammad portrayed by Carlyle, this present study intends to display a balanced view of both the negative and the positive images of Muhammad that were portrayed by Carlyle.
In "The Edification of Sir Walter Scott’s Saladin in The Talisman." (2011) Zaman, Md Saifuz argues The Talisman, though one of Sir Walter Scott’s lesser known works, garnered attention by its criticism in Edward Said’s Orientalism. This essay looks at how premature that criticism is by examining Scott’s sympathetic portrayal of Saladin in the novel. Indeed, one might attribute a case of “hero worship” to Scott, seeing how unashamedly effusive his admiration of the Sultan is in the