This paper will shed light on the ambivalence which prevails in Lawrence’s representations of the Orient. Drawing upon postcolonial literary criticism, this paper will show the way Lawrence simultaneously reaffirms and rejects the imperialist and colonialist discourse in his portrayals. This paper will focus on one of these travel accounts, Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph (1935), written by Thomas Edward Lawrence also known as ‘Lawrence of Arabia’. This literary genre contributed to strengthening and legitimising the imperialist and colonialist expansion and therefore represents one of the prominent samples for the postcolonial analytical framework. Travel writing was one of the major fields which prospered in parallel with the spread of British global paramountcy. The literary output that was produced during the rise of the British Empire often reflected the imperialist spirit that dominated the world at that time.
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