Abstract
This research tries to analyze Don DeLillo's Falling Man by applying postcolonial theory to the novel to reveal the colonialist discourse in DeLillo's Falling Man. In other words, it tries to explore how does DeLillo's novel: The Falling Man, represent various aspects of postcolonial oppression. DeLillo's Falling Man shows the effect of 9/11 attacks on some people who survived after the disaster.DeLillo is considered one of America's most influential novelist who depicted the phenomenon of terrorism in his novels. In the falling Man, he gives misrepresentation of the Orientals in general, and Oriental Muslims in particular. In fact, since the 9/11 attacks, most of English speaking literature has revived again the Orientalist discourse which has reinforced colonialist ideology and has created postcolonial discourse. Thus, this paper aims to remove the negative stereotyped representations of Orientals in DeLillo's Falling Man.
Keywords: Postcolonial Theory – Orientals – Ideology – Stereotyped representation.