In this thesis, I begin by presenting the main theses of Edward Said's Orientalism, outlining the key concepts of imagology theory and the vocabulary I refer to in the subsequent analysis of Nepal's image in the memoir-travel literature of eleven alpinists and travelers: Danilo Cedilnik, Jani Kokalj, Tomaž Ravnihar, Ivč Kotnik, Iztok Tomazin, Urban Golob, Marjan Raztresen, Andrej and Marija Štremfelj, Barbara Popit, Zoran Jerin, and Nejc Zaplotnik. Then I analyze various aspects of Nepalese life, using quotations to examine how the authors portray Nepal and its surroundings, and I draw conclusions about their attitudes toward what they see and perceive, which may be either negative or positive. I focus on descriptions of appearance, personality traits and behavior, depictions of cities, villages, and infrastructure, portrayals of Nepalese attitudes toward hygiene, as well as idealized and de-idealized representations. Only in Cedilnik's case I also examine the portrayal of animals. I also briefly present the author's depiction of the position of women.
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