Modern fiction studies, 2021-09, Vol.67 (3), p.468-486
2021
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- Autor(en) / Beteiligte
- Titel
- Bloodthirsty Pigeons and Sentimental Bats: Conrad’s Unreal Animals
- Ist Teil von
- Modern fiction studies, 2021-09, Vol.67 (3), p.468-486
- Ort / Verlag
- Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press
- Erscheinungsjahr
- 2021
- Quelle
- Project MUSE
- Beschreibungen/Notizen
- In this first study on the Conradian fauna, containing more than 150 different species of nonhuman animals, I examine animal metaphors that are structured as idiomatic clichés, but are Conradese and create an unreality effect. These animal metaphors invite reflection on human-animal relations and demonstrate that an author can write attentively, sympathetically, and thoughtfully on animals, despite primarily mentioning them in metaphors. Contrary to an evaluative ideal of animal studies, Joseph Conrad’s writings demonstrate that authors can make readers think more consciously about animals despite describing them inaccurately.
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Identifikatoren
- ISSN: 0026-7724, 1080-658XeISSN: 1080-658XDOI: 10.1353/mfs.2021.0025Titel-ID: cdi_proquest_journals_2578189829
- Format
- –
- Schlagworte
- American literature, Animal human relations, Animals, Anthropocentrism, Authorship, Bats, Bibliographic literature, Biographies, British & Irish literature, Conrad, Joseph (1857-1924), Czech literature, Ecocriticism, English literature, Exegesis & hermeneutics, Imagination, Jewish literature, Kafka, Franz (1883-1924), Literary characters, Literary criticism, Literary devices, Melville, Herman (1819-1891), Metaphor, Modern literature, Modernism, Narrative techniques, Narratology, Novellas, Plot (Narrative), Readers, Scottish literature, Source materials, Stevenson, Robert Louis (1850-1894), Toads, Woolf, Virginia (1882-1941), Writers