Collaborative Co-existence: Human-Animal Bodies and Nature in Sara Baume’s Spill, Simmer, Falter, Wither

Autori

  • Orsolya Szucs

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18485/philologia.2020.18.18.6

Ključne reči:

savremena irska fantastika, telo, životinje, pejzaž, jezik, antropocentričan, narativ

Apstrakt

Sara Bom je savremeni irski romanopisac i umetnik. Do sada je objavila dva romana i dokumentarnu zbirku „Artefakt” (2020). U ovom radu autor se bavi njenim romanom prvencom „Starac i jednooki” (2015). U ovom radu se sagledava kako Bomova koristi jezik da izrazi ono što određeni kognitivni psiholozi nazivaju kvalija (qualia): „stanje uma koje proističe iz osećanja kako je biti neko ili nešto ko/što doživljava određeno iskustvo“. (Herman 2010: 173). Glavni junak romana je Rej, starac koji u životu nalazi izvesno olakšanje nakon što usvoji jednookog psa. Sa njim, Rej se upušta u pustolovinu u seoskim područjima Irske. To mu omogućuje da istražuje svoje ‘simbiotske’ polovine, ‘simbiotsku’ prirodu. Spisateljkin eskperimentalni pripovedački stil ne vrti se oko brzog i dramatičnog zapleta, već uvlači čitaoca u središte same radnje. Njen jezik besprekornih opisa omogućava čitaocu da se približi protagonisti koji proživljava razna iskustva i sagledava pejzaže i životinjski svet, što dovodi do buđenja dubokih osećanja u čoveku. Rad takođe ispituje inovativne načine kojima se može preispitati povezanost životinja i ljudi tako što bi se stvorila nova i drugačija koegzistencija u našem antropocentričnom dobu. Bomova zalazi u ključne etičke teme i postavlja važna pitanja o mogućnosti skladnijeg suživota ljudi i prirode.

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Szucs, O. (2021). Collaborative Co-existence: Human-Animal Bodies and Nature in Sara Baume’s Spill, Simmer, Falter, Wither. Philologia, 18(1), 65–75. https://doi.org/10.18485/philologia.2020.18.18.6

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Nauka o književnosti/Literary Studies