Bidding the Animal Àdieu: Grace in J.M. Coetzee's The Lives of Animals and Disgrace
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 t...
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| Τύπος μέσου: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Άρθρο |
| Γλώσσα: | Αγγλικά |
| Έλεγχος διαθεσιμότητας: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2017]
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| Στο/Στη: |
Literature and theology
Έτος: 2017, Τόμος: 31, Τεύχος: 2, Σελίδες: 231-245 |
| Σημειογραφίες IxTheo: | CD Χριστιανισμός και Πολιτισμός NCG Οικολογική Ηθική, Ηθική της Δημιουργίας |
| Διαθέσιμο Online: |
Volltext (Resolving-System) Volltext (doi) |
| Σύνοψη: | 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. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4623 |
| Περιλαμβάνει: | Enthalten in: Literature and theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/litthe/frv035 |
