the images of muslims in media, literature and politics have been mostly black and white portrayals of a people alien to modernity, technology, civilization and progress. since the end of the cold war and the onset of deadly terrorist attacks in different areas of the world, especially in the united states, these representations show a palpable difference: muslims are predominantly represented ...

The images of Muslims in media, literature and politics have been mostly black and white portrayals of a people alien to modernity, technology, civilization and progress. Since the end of the Cold War and the onset of deadly terrorist attacks in different areas of the world, especially in the United States, these representations show a palpable difference: Muslims are predominantly represented ...

the post-9/11 fiction is regarded as one of the indispensable parts of contemporary american literature. prominent novelists such as martin amis, john updike, and don delillo have directly addressed the 9/11 terrorist events in their fiction. delillo’s novels, however, have been of especial interest to the literary circles due to their decades-long preoccupation with the issue of terrorism in i...