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This chapter explores the narrative and ethical challenges of representing animal subjectivity in literature, with particular attention to the tensions between empathy and anthropocentrism. Drawing on zoopoetic theory and postcolonial thought, it questions the legitimacy of “speaking for” non-human others, highlighting both impasses and ethical stakes. Using Sylvain Tesson’s La panthère des neiges as a case study, the chapter argues that while animals cannot “speak” in human terms, literature can cultivate an empathic imagination by acknowledging the asymmetry of interspecies relations and the inevitability of anthropomorphism.

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Can the animal speak ? Sur la non-narrativité du discours animal

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    2026年

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  • Maria Simota

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This chapter explores the narrative and ethical challenges of representing animal subjectivity in literature, with particular attention to the tensions between empathy and anthropocentrism. Drawing on zoopoetic theory and postcolonial thought, it questions the legitimacy of “speaking for” non-human others, highlighting both impasses and ethical stakes. Using Sylvain Tesson’s La panthère des neiges as a case study, the chapter argues that while animals cannot “speak” in human terms, literature can cultivate an empathic imagination by acknowledging the asymmetry of interspecies relations and the inevitability of anthropomorphism.