Animal representation and human domination: a study on "O sofá estampado". by Lygia Bojunga
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https://doi.org/10.5433/1678-2054.2022v42p57-67Keywords:
Estudos Animais, zooliteratura, Lygia Bojunga.Abstract
Animal Critical Studies as an investigation field has gained large contributions in recent decades by paying attention to relationships between human and non-human animals. Using theoretical contributions focusing on animals and nature in literature, like studies by Kerridge and Sammells (1998), Culler (2016), Agamben (2004), Singer (2010), Berger (2003), Maciel (2007) and Bravo (2011), this article investigates how animals are represented in Lygia Bojunga’s O sofá estampado (1980), regarding the domination promoted by human beings. By analyzing and discussing the characters of the book, we found three faces of the representation of animals in relation to the dominant power of human beings, the first of which refers to the figure of the animal dominated by the human being. Secondly, the dominated animal overcomes this condition, but reproduces the behavior of the human dominator. Finally, the animal is aware of human domination and engaged in the fight for the rights of animals and nature.
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