Kossak, Tokarczuk, Colette W poszukiwaniu ciała i języka zwierząt
Zofia Nałkowska’s “soft spot for mice” The History of a Motif

Author(s): Ewelina Waląg
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: feminist attitude; animals; entity; language;freedom;
Summary/Abstract: The contemporaneity of Simona Kossak (who died in 2007) and Olga Tokarczuk is separated from the times when Sidonie Gabrielle Colette lived by many social, ideological, political and cultural changes. Yet what the literary works of the two novelists (Tokarczuk and Colette) and a scientist and nature protection activist (Kossak) have in common is that they challenge specisism which attributes priority to human species. The paper examines the ways of speaking about animals and the attitudes towards them which are to be found in their works.

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