Naslov
Human and animal identity in Philip Pullman's 'His Dark Materials' Trilogy

Autori
Husić, Snježana

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), znanstveni

Izvornik
English Language and Literature Studies: Image, Identity, Reality. ELLSIIR Proceedings / Spremić, Milica ; Đorić-Francuski, Biljana - Beograd : Faculty of Philology, 2011, 135-146

ISBN
978-86-6153-054-8

Skup
International Conference “English Language and Literature Studies: Image, Identity, Reality”

Mjesto i datum
Beograd, Srbija, 04.12.2009. - 06.12.2009

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
human-animal identity; animal studies; Philip Pullman

Sažetak
In one of the fantastic worlds devised by Philip Pullman in his trilogy, human characters appear in the company of the daemon, animal-shaped part of their being. Animal characters, on the contrary, do not have their daemon, and some of them crave for one in order to humanize themselves, i.e. to acquire a higher rank in the hierarchy of beings. It thus appears that the narrative adopts contradictory representational strategies with respect to animal: it seems to open a gap between human and animal on one side, and on the other it depicts human as deeply interwoven with the animal. Moreover, the dialectics of this human-animal relationship in the daemon bond undermine the traditional divide between the alleged human rationality and animal instincts.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Filologija, Etnologija i antropologija

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