„Człowiek jest stworzony na podobieństwo Boga, zwierzęta na podobieństwo rzeczy” – dyskurs wegetarianki w powieści Elizabeth Costello Johna Maxwella Coetzee

Agnieszka Stanecka

doi:10.31261/ZOOPHILOLOGICA.2024.13.09

Published: 2024-04-10

No. 1 (13) (2024)

„Man is godlike, animals thinglike” – Discourse of a Vegetarian in Elizabeth Costello by John Maxwell Coetzee

Agnieszka Stanecka

Section: ARTICLES

https://doi.org/10.31261/ZOOPHILOLOGICA.2024.13.09

Abstract

In Elizabeth Costello by J.M. Coetzee the protagonist, in spite of being a popular writer, seems to be misunderstood and unaccepted as a result of her strict views on treating animals and eating meat. Her controversial opinions are supported with suggestive arguments and intellectual considerations which impress not only the audience but also Elizabeth’s son, who works at the university that hosts his mother. The arguments and comparisons used by Costello in her lectures always evoke interest of the audience. The variety of realms Elizabeth Costello applies in her speeches allows the readers to develop a multifaceted view on the issue of eating meat and above all, the treatment of animals. The aim of the article is to discuss the views and the discourse of the protagonist of the novel which she applies to make an impact on the audience.

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vegetarianism , meat , discourse , Holocaust , animals

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Stanecka, A. (2024). „Man is godlike, animals thinglike” – Discourse of a Vegetarian in Elizabeth Costello by John Maxwell Coetzee. Zoophilologica. Polish Journal of Animal Studies, (1 (13), 1–15. https://doi.org/10.31261/ZOOPHILOLOGICA.2024.13.09

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Agnieszka Stanecka

agnieszka.stanecka@ujk.edu.pl
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2342-0289

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Akademia Piotrkowska Poland

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Agnieszka Stanecka – graduated in English philology at the University of Silesia, where she also defended her doctoral thesis. Her first book titled Uprootedness: Hanif Kureishi’s Works and Postcolonial (Dis)Order was published in Germany. Her area of academic interest is issues of women’s identity, position and social roles ascribed to women in contemporary British society, with a particular focus on the relationship between the two. For seven years she has been involved in academic e-learning through her collaboration as an e-teacher with the Polish Virtual University. E-mail: agnieszka.stanecka@apt.edu.pl.

No. 1 (13) (2024)
Published: 2024-06-18

ISSN: 2719-2687

eISSN: 2451-3849

10.31261/ZOOPHILOLOGICA

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