Date of Award
May 2019
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Religion
Advisor(s)
William A. Robert
Keywords
Animal, Cat, Literature, Messiah, Relationality, Religion
Subject Categories
Arts and Humanities
Abstract
This thesis performs a close textual analysis of Cixous’s text Messie, paying particular attention to the text’s central relationship between the human protagonist and her cat. Considering the complex dynamics of this relationship, this project attempts to understand the significant ways Cixous’s narrative outlines a religious and ethical relationality between humans and animals. Ultimately, inspired by Messie’s ethics, this thesis posits an ethics of relation readers may themselves apply to animal relations.
Access
Open Access
Recommended Citation
Carpenter, Rachel Katherine, "“LITTLE MESSIAH: RELATIONAL RELIGION IN HÉLÈNE CIXOUS’S MESSIE”" (2019). Theses - ALL. 301.
https://surface.syr.edu/thesis/301
