THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE ANIMAL INTO A LITERARY SUBJECT AND THE PROBLEM OF RENOUNCING ANTHROPOMORPHISM
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https://doi.org/10.62536/sjehss.2026.v4.i6.pp81-86Keywords:
Anthropomorphism, literary subject, inner state, limits of knowledge, form of conjecture, posthumanism, animal imageAbstract
The article analyses the process by which an animal becomes a literary subject and the problem of renouncing anthropomorphism within this process. Three levels of anthropomorphism are distinguished – the lexical, the narrative and the cognitive – and the manifestation of each in the text is illustrated by passages from the original. Three devices of renunciation are examined: leaving the conjecture open, conveying the inner state through an external sign, and acknowledging the limits of knowledge. The analysis substantiates that a complete rejection of anthropomorphism is impossible and that managing it by marking the limits of knowledge constitutes the practical solution.
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