EN
TR
Animal Studies in Contemporary British Drama: The Divide between Stef Smith’s Non-Human and Human Animals
Öz
Scottish playwright Stef Smith’s Human Animals (2016) recounts the fictional story of a government exterminating all animals in London with the pragmatic pursuit of building commercial construction sites on their natural habitats. In line with recent trends of thought, dramatic texts are getting more engaged with different natures of the relationship between human animals and non-human animals. In this context, animal studies posit a focal place in the analysis of Smith’s contemporary play, Human Animals. Animal studies take into account the interconnections between humans and animals, thereby making it possible to problematise the concepts of anthropocentrism and speciesism in works of literature. This study aims to analyse Stef Smith’s Human Animals as an example by using critical animal studies perspectives with an emphasis on the essentialist human-animal divide. In a more specific context, the article reveals the impact of anthropocentrism through a case study that exemplifies humanity’s vicious plans to eradicate all non-human beings for the sake of profit and personal interest. Stef Smith presents different characters which embody disparate viewpoints and exposes the anthropocentric nature of humanity. Smith’s portrayal of a dystopian setting not only aims at criticising anthropocentric line of thought but also exposes humanity’s tendencies towards speciesism.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Kaynakça
- Adamson, P., and Edwards, G. F. (2018). Animals: A History. Oxford University Press.
- Beauchamp, T. L., and Frey, R. (2011). The Oxford Handbook of Animal Ethics. Oxford University Press.
- Billington, M. (2016). Human Animals review – fur flies in chilling vision of dystopian London. The Guardian. Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2016/may/25/human-animals-review-royal-court-theatre
- Braidotti, R. (2013). The Posthuman. Cambridge: Polity.
- Cowan, Isla. (2021). Pests and people in Stef Smith’s Human Animals. New Theatre Quarterly 37 (2), pp. 159-173.
- Gruen, L. (2011). Ethics and Animals: An Introduction. Cambridge University Press.
- Kalof, L. (2017). The Oxford Handbook of Animal Studies. Oxford University Press.
- Marvin, G., and McHugh, S. (2014). Routledge Handbook of Human-Animal Studies. New York: Routledge.
Ayrıntılar
Birincil Dil
İngilizce
Konular
Sanat ve Edebiyat
Bölüm
Araştırma Makalesi
Yayımlanma Tarihi
25 Aralık 2021
Gönderilme Tarihi
5 Ekim 2021
Kabul Tarihi
24 Aralık 2021
Yayımlandığı Sayı
Yıl 2021 Cilt: 4 Sayı: 8
APA
Tan, C., & Özmen Akdoğan, Ö. (2021). Animal Studies in Contemporary British Drama: The Divide between Stef Smith’s Non-Human and Human Animals. Uluslararası İnsan Çalışmaları Dergisi, 4(8), 329-346. https://doi.org/10.35235/uicd.1005225
AMA
1.Tan C, Özmen Akdoğan Ö. Animal Studies in Contemporary British Drama: The Divide between Stef Smith’s Non-Human and Human Animals. Uluslararası İnsan Çalışmaları Dergisi. 2021;4(8):329-346. doi:10.35235/uicd.1005225
Chicago
Tan, Cenk, ve Özlem Özmen Akdoğan. 2021. “Animal Studies in Contemporary British Drama: The Divide between Stef Smith’s Non-Human and Human Animals”. Uluslararası İnsan Çalışmaları Dergisi 4 (8): 329-46. https://doi.org/10.35235/uicd.1005225.
EndNote
Tan C, Özmen Akdoğan Ö (01 Aralık 2021) Animal Studies in Contemporary British Drama: The Divide between Stef Smith’s Non-Human and Human Animals. Uluslararası İnsan Çalışmaları Dergisi 4 8 329–346.
IEEE
[1]C. Tan ve Ö. Özmen Akdoğan, “Animal Studies in Contemporary British Drama: The Divide between Stef Smith’s Non-Human and Human Animals”, Uluslararası İnsan Çalışmaları Dergisi, c. 4, sy 8, ss. 329–346, Ara. 2021, doi: 10.35235/uicd.1005225.
ISNAD
Tan, Cenk - Özmen Akdoğan, Özlem. “Animal Studies in Contemporary British Drama: The Divide between Stef Smith’s Non-Human and Human Animals”. Uluslararası İnsan Çalışmaları Dergisi 4/8 (01 Aralık 2021): 329-346. https://doi.org/10.35235/uicd.1005225.
JAMA
1.Tan C, Özmen Akdoğan Ö. Animal Studies in Contemporary British Drama: The Divide between Stef Smith’s Non-Human and Human Animals. Uluslararası İnsan Çalışmaları Dergisi. 2021;4:329–346.
MLA
Tan, Cenk, ve Özlem Özmen Akdoğan. “Animal Studies in Contemporary British Drama: The Divide between Stef Smith’s Non-Human and Human Animals”. Uluslararası İnsan Çalışmaları Dergisi, c. 4, sy 8, Aralık 2021, ss. 329-46, doi:10.35235/uicd.1005225.
Vancouver
1.Cenk Tan, Özlem Özmen Akdoğan. Animal Studies in Contemporary British Drama: The Divide between Stef Smith’s Non-Human and Human Animals. Uluslararası İnsan Çalışmaları Dergisi. 01 Aralık 2021;4(8):329-46. doi:10.35235/uicd.1005225
