A Derridean Interpretation of the Biosemiosic Dance of Life in Yamen Manai’s L’Amas Ardent (2017)
ORCID
Moser: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3824-1021
MSU Affiliation
College of Arts and Sciences; Department of Classical and Modern Languages and Literatures
Creation Date
2026-06-01
Abstract
This Derridean and biosemiotic reading of Yamen Manai’s novel L’Amas ardent illustrates that many other animals are capable of responding to a plethora of challenges through the transmission of signs that are laden with meaning. Dismissing outdated linguistic and philosophical models that have relegated all other organisms to the status of automata that are unable to communicate anything significant at all, Derrida and Manai implore us to take a closer look at other-than-human semiosis. In the Anthropocene epoch, both authors suggest that the stakes of having a more nuanced and rigorous discussion about other-than-human communication have never been greater.
Publication Date
11-11-2020
Publication Title
Green Letters: Studies in Ecocriticism
Publisher
Taylor and Francis Group; Routledge
First Page
306
Last Page
318
Recommended Citation
Moser, K. (2020). A derridean interpretation of the biosemiosic dance of life in Yamen Manai’s L’Amas Ardent (2017). Green Letters, 24(3), 306–318. https://doi.org/10.1080/14688417.2020.1844035
