A BLOG FOR STUDENTS OF "ECO-LITERATURE: HUMAN-ANIMAL COMMUNITY,"
A COMMUNITY-BASED LEARNING COURSE
AT TEMPLE UNIVERSITY
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Monday, February 18, 2013

Animals and Literature List by Hayon

"Andrew O'Hagan on fiction's talking animals"

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/may/01/andrew-ohagan-talking-animals

This is an article about how usage of animals in literature have been a long standing tradition and telling us about what it means to be human. 

"Animals as People in Children's Literature"

https://secure.ncte.org/library/NCTEFiles/Store/SampleFiles/Journals/la/LA0813Animals.pdf

This is an document that discusses why people are depicted as animals in children's literature. According to the document the over arching meaning is that the usage of animals puts distance between the reader and the subject of the book when the message is particularly powerful or painful. 

"In the Company of Animals: Art, Literature and Music at the Morgan" 

http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2012/03/03/arts/artsspecial/20120303animals.html

An article about an exhibition at at the Morgan Library & Museum, examines the relationship between humans and animals and its influence on the artistic imagination. 

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