Abstract

This article highlights the progress of the images of Arabs in English literature. Europe owes a debt of gratitude to Arabia and the East. In early history, Arabia is the birthplace of all the major heavenly religions. In later periods, Oriental scholarship played a significant role in promoting cross-cultural transmission in the West. The English medieval literary depiction distorted the image of Arabs. Some literary portraits of the Arabs have depicted Arabs as tyrant caliphs, weak kings, lustful princes, medieval Saracens, mysterious travellers, filthy Bedouins, and immoral women. Modern English Orientalists work to explore the Arabian characters with reference to Islam. Islamist Arabs are represented as a threat to the West. Authentic secular literary outlook can greatly help the spread of the Arabic culture in the West.

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