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TABLE OF CONTENTS

PAGE OF APPROVAL......................................................................................

i

STATEMENT OF AUTHORIZATION...........................................................

ii

PREFACE............................................................................................................

iii

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT..................................................................................

iv

ABSTRACT ........................................................................................................

v

TABLE OF CONTENTS....................................................................................

vii

LIST OF TABLES...............................................................................................

ix

CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background................................................................................................

1

1.2 Research Questions...................................................................................... 2
1.3 Aims of the Study.......................................................................................

3

1.4 Scope of the Study...................................................................................... 3

1.5 Significance of the Study............................................................................ 3
1.6 Research Methods....................................................................................... 3
1.7 Clarification of Related Terms.................................................................... 4
1.8 Organization of the Paper............................................................................ 5
CHAPTER II THEORETICAL FOUNDATION
2.1 Orientalism................................................................................................... 6
2.2 Occident and Orient..................................................................................... 8
2.3 Character and Characterization.................................................................... 10
2.4 Representation.............................................................................................. 13
2.4.1 Representation of Character................................................................... 13
2.4.2 Representation in Orientalism Perspective............................................ 14
2.5 History of Iran.............................................................................................. 15

Imam Ma’ruf Khaerulloh, 2014
The representation of Persians as Villains in an Movie Script “300”: (An Analysis with an
Orientalism Perspective by Edward Said)
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2.5.1 Median Empire....................................................................................... 16
2.5.2 Persian Empire...................................................................................... 16

2.5.2.1 Battle of Thermopylae........................................................................ 17
2.5.3 Alexander the Great.............................................................................. 18
2.5.4 Seleucid Empire.................................................................................... 18
2.5.5 Parthian Empire..................................................................................... 19
2.5.6 Sassanian Dynasty................................................................................. 20
2.5.7 Arab Domination................................................................................... 21
2.5.8 Turkish Dynasty.................................................................................... 22
2.5.9 Mongol Domination.............................................................................. 23
2.5.10 Timurid Dynasty................................................................................. 24
2.5.11 Safavid Dynasty.................................................................................. 25
2.5.12 Qajar Dynasty..................................................................................... 26
2.5.13 Reza Shah Pahlevi............................................................................... 27
2.5.14 Islamic Revolution.............................................................................. 31
2.6 Biography of Scripwriter............................................................................. 34
2.7 Related Previous Studies............................................................................

35

CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
3.1 Research Design.......................................................................................... 38

3.2 Research Subject and Context..................................................................... 38
3.3 Data Collection............................................................................................ 39
3.3.1 Data Collection Procedures................................................................... 39
3.4 Data Analysis............................................................................................... 40
3.5 Data Presentation......................................................................................... 40
3.6 Synopsis of 300 Movie................................................................................ 45
CHAPTER IV FINDINGS AND DISCUSSIONS

Imam Ma’ruf Khaerulloh, 2014
The representation of Persians as Villains in an Movie Script “300”: (An Analysis with an
Orientalism Perspective by Edward Said)
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4.1 Findings........................................................................................................ 49
4.1.1 Representation of Persians as Villains................................................... 49
4.1.2 Relation of ‘300’ Movie Script with Socio-Political Issue Between the
US and Iran..................................................................................................... 56
4.2 Discussions................................................................................................... 57
CHAPTER V CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS
5.1 Conclusions................................................................................................... 62

5.2 Suggestions.................................................................................................... 63
REFERENCES........................................................................................................ 65
APPENDICES

Imam Ma’ruf Khaerulloh, 2014
The representation of Persians as Villains in an Movie Script “300”: (An Analysis with an
Orientalism Perspective by Edward Said)
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