Animals in Literature

• expression écrite - matière potentielle : by natural historians
• exposé
• expression écrite

1 Animals in Literature Oxen that rattle the yoke and chain or halt in the leafy shade, what is that you express in your eyes? It seems to me more than all the print I have read in my life. (Whitman 1980, 58) Animals in literature act as symbol and mirror, economic product and subject of natural history. They are named and grouped but are rarely individuals. They are subjects of desire by humans attempting to become a beast; are soul mates and creatures across a great divide.

• act of language
• individuality of the species from a descriptive angle
• particular characteristics
• humans view
• human
• animals
• animal
• humans
• groups
• species