First Dog, Last Dog: New Intertextual Short Fictions about Canis lupus familiaris

The double short story sequence ‘First Dog, Last Dog’ explores interdependencies between domesticated animals and humans. The first story, ‘The Death of the First Dog’, re-reads and quotes from Homer’s The Odyssey and the encounter between Odysseus and his aged hunting dog Argos. Its companion piece...

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Main Author: Johnson, A. Frances
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: Research Online 2019
Subjects:
Agricultural and Resource Economics
Art and Design
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Arts and Humanities
Australian Studies
Communication
Creative Writing
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and Sexuality Studies
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Canis lupus
Online Access:https://ro.uow.edu.au/asj/vol8/iss1/6
https://ro.uow.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1405&context=asj
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Summary:The double short story sequence ‘First Dog, Last Dog’ explores interdependencies between domesticated animals and humans. The first story, ‘The Death of the First Dog’, re-reads and quotes from Homer’s The Odyssey and the encounter between Odysseus and his aged hunting dog Argos. Its companion piece, ‘The Carrying’, is set in a speculative future. Exploiting qualities of the Borghesian fable, both tales are interspecies tales of love and loss. This work was read at the 2018 Melbourne Writers Festival ‘Animal Church’ event curated by Dr Laura McKay.

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