As a post-colonial critic, Said's has his own distinctive conception of criticism due his specific writing background. In the contemporary world, various schools of literary theory mushroom up into existence. Said does not limit his criticism within the narrow sphere of textuality. At the time, he guards against the nihilism of post-structuralism. This paper attempts to elaborate his ideas on criticism from the following perspectives: firstly, it tells about Said's critique of the emphasis of textuality; secondly, the author analyses Said's...