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Kim, Hyun-saeng. “Byron and Islam: A Study of ‘Oriental Tales’.” Studies in English Language & Literature. 37.1 (2011): 63-87. Byron created his own “Oriental Tales,” in which the West and the East were portrayed in the context two warring monotheistic religions. The Siege of Corinth, the last poem of the series, is a love story, seemingly having nothing directly to do with the conflicts between the dominant and subversive discourse. The setting of Corinth was the center of conflicts situated between Ottoman Empire and the West. However, the fact that the hero in the poem, Alp converted from Christian to Muslim, represented a new way of reading on dominant and subversive discourse. His conversion can be interpreted as a resist discourse to subvert dominant discourse. Alp himself is a double act of questioning the validity of two opposing discourses, dominant and resist discourse. (Daegu University)