The Human-Animal Relationship in Pre-Modern Turkish Literature - A Study of The Book of Dede Korkut and The Masnavi, Book I, II

The book covers the medieval Turkic societies' assiduous commitment to build spiritually significant and uninterrupted relationships with nonhuman animals, showing animals' active participation in the evolution of humans' communal identities, codes of behavior, and spiritual and emotional lives.

List of contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1. Morality, Subjectivity, and Intentional Agency of Nonhuman Animals in The Book of Dede Korkut and The Masnavi, Book I, II
Chapter 2. The Role of Religion in Shaping the Human Perception of Animals in The Book of Dede Korkut and The Masnavi, Book I, II
Conclusion
References
About the Author

About the author

By Dilek Bulut Sarikaya

Product details

• Authors: Dilek Bulut Sarikaya
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.02.2023
• EAN: 9781666928853
• ISBN: 978-1-6669-2885-3
• Dimensions: 158 mm x 237 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 399 g
• Series: Ecocritical Theory and Practice
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; NATURE / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Middle Eastern, Middle East, natural history, Animals & society, Literature: history & criticism, Nature and the natural world: general interest, Animals and society, Literature: history and criticism