RT Article
T1 Bidding the Animal Àdieu: Grace in J.M. Coetzee's The Lives of Animals and Disgrace
JF Literature and theology
VO 31
IS 2
SP 231
OP 245
A1 Estey-Burtt, Brandi
LA English
YR 2017
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1663449775
AB J.M. Coetzee's focus on animals in Disgrace and The Lives of Animals forces his readers to question the contours of their ethical frameworks, including the distinction between human and animal realms and whether animals must necessarily compete for imaginative space with human beings. I argue that Coetzee asks us to envision what effect human and animal interactions can have in the midst of trauma, and offers the idea of grace as a surprising, if tentative, answer.
DO 10.1093/litthe/frv035