CULT335

Reading Animals: Beast Fables to Graphic Novels

30 points

Not offered 2022, offered in 2015, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021

For further information see Humanities

Description

This course explores the role of imagery and narrative in constituting historical and contemporary conceptions of 'animality' and speciesism across a range of texts and media (including bestiaries, folklore and mythology; field guides and natural histories; wildlife documentaries; zoo display; activist art; science fiction and graphic novels; popular gastronomy).

Prerequisites

Any 30 points at 200 level from CULT or ENGL, or
any 60 points at 200 level from the Schedule V of the BA.

Restrictions

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