This study examines the construction of animal selfhood in animal autobiography, considering its generic tradition, renewal, and ethical implications. Analyzing works like *The Life and Perambulations of A Mouse* (Kilner), *Black Beauty* (Sewell), and *The One and Only Ivan* (Applegate), it reveals representational strategies such as multi-scaled perceptions of an autofictional self, critical anthropomorphism, and an ethics of witness. The study proposes a "poetics of the multicentric self" to understand the interplay between authenticity, autofiction, literary authority, and anti-anthropocentric purposes in the genre.
Publisher
Humanities & Social Sciences Communications
Published On
Jun 12, 2023
Authors
Chengcheng You
Tags
animal autobiography
selfhood
ethics
multi-scaled perceptions
authenticity
autofiction
literary authority
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