Object's details: Der nicht-menschliche Held: Eine postanthropozentrische Vision des Heldentums am Beispiel des Romans Blösch (1983) von Beat Sterchi

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• Title:
  
  
  Der nicht-menschliche Held: Eine postanthropozentrische Vision des Heldentums am Beispiel des Romans Blösch (1983) von Beat Sterchi
• Alternative title:
  
  
  The Non-Human Hero: A Post-Anthropocentric Vision of Heroism Based on the Example of the Novel Blösch (1983) by Beat Sterchi
• Group publication title:
  
  
  Academic Journal of Modern Philology
• Creator:
  
  
  Czudek, Natalia
  
• Subject and Keywords:
  
  
  hero
   ;
  animal
   ;
  actor-network theory
   ;
  cow
   ;
  Swiss literature
   ;
  posthumanism
   ;
  non-humans
• Abstract:
  
  
  The concept of a hero has long been ingrained in people’s collective memory as a human being capable of remarkable deeds who sacrifices himself for the greater good. However, as history shows, these qualities are not exclusive to humans. The aim of this paper is to analyse the subjectivity of a cow, the titular character in Beat Sterchi’s 1983 novel Blösch, through the lenses of ecocriticism and Bruno Latour’s actor-network theory, thus identifying the characteristics of a non-human hero. The analysis leads to the conclusion that Sterchi, by portraying the cow as a fully-fledged subject in a complex network of relationships, challenges the traditional distinction between humans and animals. Furthermore, the ending of the novel, in which the cow is slaughtered, not only provokes reflection on ecological and ethical matters, but also serves as an illustration of animal heroism, characterised by sacrifice
• Place of publishing:
  
  Wrocław
• Date issued:
  
  2025
• Resource Type:
  
  
  text
   ;
  
  
  tekst
• Detailed Type:
  
  
  article
   ;
  
  
  artykuł
• Identifier:
  
  oai:repozytorium.uni.wroc.pl:142019  ; https://doi.org/10.34616/ajmp.2025.24.6  ;
  e-ISSN 2353-3218
   ;
  ISSN 2299-7164
• Language:
  
  ger
• Abstract Language :
  
  eng
• Access rights:
  
  
  Attribution, ShareAlike
   ;
  
  
  Uznanie autorstwa, Na tych samych warunkach
• License:
  
  
  Creative Commons - Attribution, ShareAlike (CC BY-SA 3.0)
   ; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/pl/deed.en  ;
  
  
  Creative Commons - Uznanie autorstwa, Na tych samych warunkach (CC BY-SA 3.0)
   ; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/pl/deed.pl
• Location of original object:
  
  
  College for Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Wrocław
   ;
  
  
  Kolegium Międzydziedzinowych Studiów Indywidualnych, Uniwersytet Wrocławski
• Autor opisu:
  
  
  MPi

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• Creation date: 2025-09-07
• Last modification date: 2025-09-07
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