A Corpus-Assisted Analysis: The East/West Binary Oppositions in Isabella Hammad’s The Parisian

Drawing upon the theory of postcolonialism in tandem with Edward Said’s views on Orientalism, this study explores East/West binary oppositions Isabella Hammad’s The Parisian. In study, we treat novel as a corpus consisting 196,000 words and adopt linguistics (CL) approach to literature by using software Antconc. analysis reveals group postcolonial related three categories, namely, characteristics, geography, characters. contribution current is twofold. First, application CL extends line research an under researched area bringing together literary studies. Second, it highlights diaspora literature.
 
 Received: 17 April 2023 / Accepted: 20 June Published: 5 July