Comparative Literature 212 - Literary Animals

This course explores the various aspects of human/non-human animal relations. Drawing primarily from literary and philosophical texts, this course will address questions of eco-criticism, climate change, ethics and bio-politics. Some guiding questions for this course are: How does the animal appear in literature? Whose language is heard in the representation of animals? What are the preferred animals in literature? How does the animal provide an insight into the experience of alterity? Can the literary animal offer an alternative identity politics?