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Undoing the Human: The Rituals of Nearing the Animals in Clarice Lispector and Mia Couto
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Undoing the Human: The Rituals of Nearing the Animals in Clarice Lispector and Mia Couto
Yazar:
Rios Rodriguez, Jara M., author.
ISBN:
9780438082182
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1 electronic resource (230 pages)
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Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 79-11(E), Section: A.
Advisors: Luis Madureira Committee members: Isfahani-Hammond Alexandra; Ortiz Robles Mario; Ellen Sapega; Albuquerque Severino.
Özet:
In this dissertation I study how Clarice Lispector and Mia Couto use the figure of the animal to explore the problems of the quotidian in the Lusophone world. The presence of the metaphoric animal in literature cannot be restricted to a certain period of time nor can its presence be said to have a single meaning. The growing preoccupation in the world today with the relationship between humans and animals ranges from domesticating them as pets, to capitalizing on their endangered status in zoos, to using them as food or tools. Not least of these preoccupations are the ethical implications of these choices. Therefore, it behooves me to explore the significance of the presence of animals in literature. Animals as metaphors are often used in literature to allegorize human behavior and politics. The Lusophone texts that I study portray animals in a way that offers a counter-narrative that challenges prevailing hegemonic discourses of animality, which serve as a foundation for racism, sexism, colonization and capitalism. Additionally, these texts present animals as prostheses in the process of survival or coping after traumatic events. This dissertation project is guided by these two central questions: why animals in Contemporary Lusophone Literature are put in the position to confront everyday life and how does the appearance of animals in these texts critique and respond to their hegemonic uses in broader discourses.
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School code: 0262
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