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Exploring Human-Animal Relations in William Bruce Cameron’s A Dog's Purpose: A Novel For Humans: A Critical Posthumanist Approach

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Last updated: 25 Dec 2024

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This paper examines the critical concept of posthumanism through an analysis of William Bruce Cameron's novel A Dog's Purpose: A Novel For Humans (2010). Human-animal studies have the power to resist the supremacy of humanism. Thus, nonhuman animals are seen as a key participant in a challenge to humanism. They are also displayed as being the victims of anthropocentric humanism. Adopting an analytical approach, this paper is divided into two parts: theoretical and practical. Theoretically, posthumanism challenges the anthropocentric view of the world by decentering the human and acknowledging the agency and subjectivity of non-human beings, particularly animals. Practically, by focusing on the human-animal relations depicted in A Dog's Purpose, this study aims to explore how the novel disrupts traditional notions of human exceptionalism and highlights the interconnectedness between humans and animals. Through a posthuman lens, the paper investigates themes such as animal consciousness, empathy, and the ethical implications of human-animal interactions. Human-animal studies have the power to resist the supremacy of humanism.

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10.21608/opde.2023.337474

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A Dog's Purpose, animal consciousness, Bruce Cameron, Empathy, Ethical implications, human-animal relations, Posthumanism

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Ayman I.

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Elhalafawy

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Associate Prof. of English Literature Faculty of Arts, Kafrelsheikh University

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84

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1

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45690

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2023-10-01

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2024-01-20

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2023-10-01

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109

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129

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1110-2721

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2735-3591

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CDELT Occasional Papers in the Development of English Education

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Exploring Human-Animal Relations in William Bruce Cameron’s A Dog's Purpose: A Novel For Humans: A Critical Posthumanist Approach

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