Using the Ecocritical theory as a framework, this study highlights the subtle Ecocritical issues in Mowat’s Never Cry Wolf, and aims at pointing out how Mowat draws heavily on humanizing wolves and joins the recent Ecocritical concerns over the ways in which humans should understand and deal with them.
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Farley Mowat, Never Cry Wolf, Anthropomorphism, The Wolf, Ecocriticism, Animal Rights’ Movement
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