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Shared Micro-worlds. Literary and Artistic Depictions of Insects
Shared Micro-worlds. Literary and Artistic Depictions of Insects

Author(s): Adrianna Chorąży
Subject(s): Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Studies of Literature, Other Language Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: insects; Selja Ahava; Zhu Yingchun (朱赢椿); animal studies; animal

Summary/Abstract: The article analyzes subjective representations of insects in contemporary literature. The author focuses on narrative depictions of ways of establishing relationships with such uniquely different animals. She illustrates various writing strategies employed by Selja Ahava in her novel Nainen joka rakasti hyönteisiä (The Woman Who Loved Insects) and artistic approaches exemplified by the art book co-created with insects by Zhu Yingchun, The Language of Bugs.

  • Issue Year: 2/2025
  • Issue No: 16
  • Page Range: 1-13
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: English
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