Encountering the Animal Explorations in American Literature — Nilsen Gökçen

Encountering the Animal Explorations in American Literature presents varieties of human animal encounters along a panorama that ranges from the early examples of American fiction to contemporary authors As well as discussions on literary texts the book includes an Introduction to the Animal Studies or Human Animal Studies a field that has shown probably the fastest growth in the West in the last decades Animal Studies an interdisciplinary platform enriched with contributions from scholars and thinkers from philosophy applied sciences as well as literature has been the focus of increasing critical attention as a result of the rising ecological awareness and recent studies that topple down humans from their privileged and exclusive positions proving not only the extraordinary similarities between animals and humans but also the emotional and psychological human need for animals In this book Animal Studies has been introduced and discussed with particular emphasis on language the most prominent line of division between humans and animals on civilized humanity vs animals animality and on animal human relationships and connections Based on such a theoretical background Nilsen Gökçen s work demonstrates unexpected instances of encounters with animals that have become rendered insignificant and almost invisible by the fiction of civilization After an introduction to the major figures and debates in Human Animal Studies the next two chapters discuss Nathaniel Hawthorne s Rappaccini s Daughter and The Marble Faun respectively with particular emphases on the connections between animals and women who have likewise been made invisible by both religion and science and on the lost human animal ties with references to the biblical narratives The chapter that examines the Southern writer Flannery O Connor s Wise Blood discusses the animal images within the human city civilization context The last chapter which discusses the Canadian novelist Margaret Atwood s feminist dystopia The Handmaid s Tale delves deeper into the connection between women s and animals bodies and demonstrates how women s bodies merge with the images of consumable meat pets game animals or the feared and annihilated wild animals The book concludes with reemphasizing the point that the condition for humanity s reaching its potential to become really human depends on a rediscovery of the animality of the human body and its ancient ties with other animals The significance of Nilsen Gökçen s book lies in its coverage of American literature from canonical to contemporary texts and in being one of the first books published in Turkey on Animal Studies which can provide grounds for forthcoming research in the field

Encountering the Animal Explorations in American Literature presents varieties of human animal encounters along a panorama that ranges from the early examples of American fiction to contemporary authors As well as discussions on literary texts the book includes an Introduction to the Animal Studies or Human Animal Studies a field that has shown probably the fastest growth in the West in the last decades Animal Studies an interdisciplinary platform enriched with contributions from scholars and thinkers from philosophy applied sciences as well as literature has been the focus of increasing critical attention as a result of the rising ecological awareness and recent studies that topple down humans from their privileged and exclusive positions proving not only the extraordinary similarities between animals and humans but also the emotional and psychological human need for animals In this book Animal Studies has been introduced and discussed with particular emphasis on language the most prominent line of division between humans and animals on civilized humanity vs animals animality and on animal human relationships and connections Based on such a theoretical background Nilsen Gökçen s work demonstrates unexpected instances of encounters with animals that have become rendered insignificant and almost invisible by the fiction of civilization After an introduction to the major figures and debates in Human Animal Studies the next two chapters discuss Nathaniel Hawthorne s Rappaccini s Daughter and The Marble Faun respectively with particular emphases on the connections between animals and women who have likewise been made invisible by both religion and science and on the lost human animal ties with references to the biblical narratives The chapter that examines the Southern writer Flannery O Connor s Wise Blood discusses the animal images within the human city civilization context The last chapter which discusses the Canadian novelist Margaret Atwood s feminist dystopia The Handmaid s Tale delves deeper into the connection between women s and animals bodies and demonstrates how women s bodies merge with the images of consumable meat pets game animals or the feared and annihilated wild animals The book concludes with reemphasizing the point that the condition for humanity s reaching its potential to become really human depends on a rediscovery of the animality of the human body and its ancient ties with other animals The significance of Nilsen Gökçen s book lies in its coverage of American literature from canonical to contemporary texts and in being one of the first books published in Turkey on Animal Studies which can provide grounds for forthcoming research in the field

Encountering the Animal Explorations in American Literature presents varieties of human animal encounters along a panorama that ranges from the early examples of American fiction to contemporary authors As well as discussions on literary texts the book includes an Introduction to the Animal Studies or Human Animal Studies a field that has shown probably the fastest growth in the West in the last decades Animal Studies an interdisciplinary platform enriched with contributions from scholars and thinkers from philosophy applied sciences as well as literature has been the focus of increasing critical attention as a result of the rising ecological awareness and recent studies that topple down humans from their privileged and exclusive positions proving not only the extraordinary similarities between animals and humans but also the emotional and psychological human need for animals In this book Animal Studies has been introduced and discussed with particular emphasis on language the most prominent line of division between humans and animals on civilized humanity vs animals animality and on animal human relationships and connections Based on such a theoretical background Nilsen Gökçen s work demonstrates unexpected instances of encounters with animals that have become rendered insignificant and almost invisible by the fiction of civilization After an introduction to the major figures and debates in Human Animal Studies the next two chapters discuss Nathaniel Hawthorne s Rappaccini s Daughter and The Marble Faun respectively with particular emphases on the connections between animals and women who have likewise been made invisible by both religion and science and on the lost human animal ties with references to the biblical narratives The chapter that examines the Southern writer Flannery O Connor s Wise Blood discusses the animal images within the human city civilization context The last chapter which discusses the Canadian novelist Margaret Atwood s feminist dystopia The Handmaid s Tale delves deeper into the connection between women s and animals bodies and demonstrates how women s bodies merge with the images of consumable meat pets game animals or the feared and annihilated wild animals The book concludes with reemphasizing the point that the condition for humanity s reaching its potential to become really human depends on a rediscovery of the animality of the human body and its ancient ties with other animals The significance of Nilsen Gökçen s book lies in its coverage of American literature from canonical to contemporary texts and in being one of the first books published in Turkey on Animal Studies which can provide grounds for forthcoming research in the field

Nilsen Gökçen tarafından kaleme alınan Encountering the Animal Explorations in American Literature Boyut Yayın Grubu eseri olarak okurlarla buluşuyor Encountering the Animal Explorations in American Literature Nilsen Gökçen Kitap Özeti Encountering the Animal Explorations in American Literature presents varieties of human animal encounters along a panorama that ranges from the early examples of American fiction to contemporary authors As well as discussions on literary texts the book includes an Introduction to the Animal Studies or Human Animal Studies a field that has shown probably the fastest growth in the West in the last decades Animal Studies an interdisciplinary platform enriched with contributions from scholars and thinkers from philosophy applied sciences as well as literature has been the focus of increasing critical attention as a result of the rising ecological awareness and recent studies that topple down humans from their privileged and exclusive positions proving not only the extraordinary similarities between animals and humans but also the emotional and psychological human need for animals In this book Animal Studies has been introduced and discussed with particular emphasis on language the most prominent line of division between humans and animals on civilized humanity vs animals animality and on animal human relationships and connections Based on such a theoretical background Nilsen Gökçen s work demonstrates unexpected instances of encounters with animals that have become rendered insignificant and almost invisible by the fiction of civilization After an introduction to the major figures and debates in Human Animal Studies the next two chapters discuss Nathaniel Hawthorne s Rappaccini s Daughter and The Marble Faun respectively with particular emphases on the connections between animals and women who have likewise been made invisible by both religion and science and on the lost human animal ties with references to the biblical narratives The chapter that examines the Southern writer Flannery O Connor s Wise Blood discusses the animal images within the human city civilization context The last chapter which discusses the Canadian novelist Margaret Atwood s feminist dystopia The Handmaid s Tale delves deeper into the connection between women s and animals bodies and demonstrates how women s bodies merge with the images of consumable meat pets game animals or the feared and annihilated wild animals The book concludes with reemphasizing the point that the condition for humanity s reaching its potential to become really human depends on a rediscovery of the animality of the human body and its ancient ties with other animals The significance of Nilsen Gökçen s book lies in its coverage of American literature from canonical to contemporary texts and in being one of the first books published in Turkey on Animal Studies which can provide grounds for forthcoming research in the field Yayınevi Boyut Yayın Grubu Yazar Nilsen Gökçen Sayfa 270 Sayfa Kağıt 2 Hamur Boyut 14 50x24 00 cm Basım Yılı Temmuz 2015 Barkod 9789752310643 Kategori Yabancı Dilde Kitaplar Amerikan Edebiyatı

Encountering the Animal Explorations in American Literature presents varieties of human animal encounters along a panorama that ranges from the early examples of American fiction to contemporary authors As well as discussions on literary texts the book includes an Introduction to the Animal Studies or Human Animal Studies a field that has shown probably the fastest growth in the West in the last decades Animal Studies an interdisciplinary platform enriched with contributions from scholars and thinkers from philosophy applied sciences as well as literature has been the focus of increasing critical attention as a result of the rising ecological awareness and recent studies that topple down humans from their privileged and exclusive positions proving not only the extraordinary similarities between animals and humans but also the emotional and psychological human need for animals In this book Animal Studies has been introduced and discussed with particular emphasis on language the most prominent line of division between humans and animals on civilized humanity vs animals animality and on animal human relationships and connections img src https s3 eu west 1 amazonaws com dia kitadagitim ckeditor_assets pictures 53 content_1_original_original jpg alt height 15 width 15 font size 1 color white font img

Encountering the Animal Explorations in American Literature presents varieties of human animal encounters along a panorama that ranges from the early examples of American fiction to contemporary authors As well as discussions on literary texts the book includes an Introduction to the Animal Studies or Human Animal Studies a field that has shown probably the fastest growth in the West in the last decades Animal Studies an interdisciplinary platform enriched with contributions from scholars and thinkers from philosophy applied sciences as well as literature has been the focus of increasing critical attention as a result of the rising ecological awareness and recent studies that topple down humans from their privileged and exclusive positions proving not only the extraordinary similarities between animals and humans but also the emotional and psychological human need for animals In this book Animal Studies has been introduced and discussed with particular emphasis on language the most prominent line of division between humans and animals on civilized humanity vs animals animality and on animal human relationships and connections Based on such a theoretical background Nilsen Gökçen s work demonstrates unexpected instances of encounters with animals that have become rendered insignificant and almost invisible by the fiction of civilization After an introduction to the major figures and debates in Human Animal Studies the next two chapters discuss Nathaniel Hawthorne s Rappaccini s Daughter and The Marble Faun respectively with particular emphases on the connections between animals and women who have likewise been made invisible by both religion and science and on the lost human animal ties with references to the biblical narratives The chapter that examines the Southern writer Flannery O Connor s Wise Blood discusses the animal images within the human city civilization context The last chapter which discusses the Canadian novelist Margaret Atwood