{"_buckets": {"deposit": "f381d121-4257-4402-95b1-df222594535b"}, "_deposit": {"created_by": 234, "id": "12790", "owner": "234", "owners": [234], "owners_ext": {"displayname": "", "username": ""}, "pid": {"revision_id": 0, "type": "depid", "value": "12790"}, "status": "published"}, "_oai": {"id": "oai:meral.edu.mm:recid/00012790", "sets": ["1704446180646", "1704332234454"]}, "author_link": [], "item_1583103067471": {"attribute_name": "Title", "attribute_value_mlt": [{"subitem_1551255647225": "A Study of Binary Oppositions Found in Chinua Achebe’s Short Stories", "subitem_1551255648112": "en"}]}, "item_1583103085720": {"attribute_name": "Description", "attribute_value_mlt": [{"interim": "Nearly every 19th century Western writer was well aware of the empire and had definite views \non race and imperialism found in the writing. Living in Ogidi with two cultures: African \nsocial customs and traditional religion and British colonial authority and Christianity, Chinua \nAchebe became fascinated with the dual perspective that came from living at the crossroads of \ncultures. This research analyses the use of binary oppositions in Chinua Achebe’s three short \nstories “The Madman”, “Chike’s School Days”, and “The Sacrificial Egg” by drawing on \nEdward Said’s concept of “Orientalism” (1978) in order to examine how these binary \noppositions contribute to the themes of cultural conflict and identity in Achebe’s stories, and \nto explore how Achebe deconstructs the simplistic dichotomies to critique colonial ideologies \nand societal constructs. Edward Said’s Orientalism (1978) provides a framework to analyse \nhow Western discourse constructs the \"Other\" through binary oppositions, such as East/West, \ncivilized/savage, and modern/traditional. Through a qualitative textual analysis of the selected \ntexts, the research shows that binary oppositions “civilized vs. uncivilized”, “rational vs. \nirrational”, “sacred vs. profane”, “superior vs. inferior”, “honour vs. shame”, “order vs. \nchaos”, “Western education vs. indigenous knowledge”, “Christianity vs. traditional religion”, \n“individualism vs. community”, “English vs. Igbo Language”, “modernity vs. tradition”, \n“science vs. superstition”, “European vs. African perceptions of disease”, “colonial order vs. \nindigenous culture”, and “liveliness vs. emptiness” are employed in three short stories. The \nresearch gives insights into the psychological and societal struggles of the society, cultural \nhybridity between Igbo heritage and European education, and different perceptions and beliefs \nof Western and African people."}]}, "item_1583103108160": {"attribute_name": "Keywords", "attribute_value_mlt": [{"interim": "Binary Opposition"}, {"interim": "Orient and Occident"}, {"interim": "Postcolonialism"}, {"interim": "Orientalism"}]}, "item_1583103120197": {"attribute_name": "Files", "attribute_type": "file", "attribute_value_mlt": [{"accessrole": "open_access", "date": [{"dateType": "Available", "dateValue": "2026-06-11"}], "displaytype": "preview", "download_preview_message": "", "file_order": 0, "filename": "Hnin Thiri Lwin DURJ _ Vol.17_2026.pdf", "filesize": [{"value": "256 KB"}], "format": "application/pdf", "future_date_message": "", "is_thumbnail": false, "licensetype": "license_0", "mimetype": "application/pdf", "size": 256000.0, "url": {"url": "https://meral.edu.mm/record/12790/files/Hnin Thiri Lwin DURJ _ Vol.17_2026.pdf"}, "version_id": "3c2d0f53-bb84-4078-8311-fd53f25dbdfd"}]}, "item_1583103131163": {"attribute_name": "Journal articles", "attribute_value_mlt": [{"subitem_journal_title": "Dagon University Research Journal 2026", "subitem_pages": "12-17", "subitem_volume": "Vol. 17"}]}, "item_1583105942107": {"attribute_name": "Authors", "attribute_value_mlt": [{"subitem_authors": [{"subitem_authors_fullname": "Hnin Thiri Lwin"}]}]}, "item_1583108359239": {"attribute_name": "Upload type", "attribute_value_mlt": [{"interim": "Publication"}]}, "item_1583108428133": {"attribute_name": "Publication type", "attribute_value_mlt": [{"interim": "Journal article"}]}, "item_1583159729339": {"attribute_name": "Publication date", "attribute_value": "2026-01-02"}, "item_title": "A Study of Binary Oppositions Found in Chinua Achebe’s Short Stories", "item_type_id": "21", "owner": "234", "path": ["1704332234454", "1704446180646"], "permalink_uri": "https://meral.edu.mm/records/12790", "pubdate": {"attribute_name": "Deposit date", "attribute_value": "2026-06-11"}, "publish_date": "2026-06-11", "publish_status": "0", "recid": "12790", "relation": {}, "relation_version_is_last": true, "title": ["A Study of Binary Oppositions Found in Chinua Achebe’s Short Stories"], "weko_shared_id": -1}