Abstractet mitt lyder som følger:
The Changing Imagery of the Big Bad Wolf
Morten Tønnessen
Institute of Philosophy and Semiotics, University of Tartu
Tiigi 78, 50410 Tartu, Estonia
mortentoennessen@gmail.com
The current work is part of the author’s ecosemiotic analysis of Norwegian/Scandinavian wolf management in the period 1855-
As symbols have grown and developed, cultural representations of wolves appear, at least in part, to have decoupled from ecological reality. In what ways have our conceptions of wolves changed from the extermination campaigns of the 19th century to the conservation efforts of our generation? To what extent have wolves, in modern times as well as earlier, symbolized human traits, religious ideas etc., and to what extent have they represented actual phenomena of nature? By offering a series of examples of animal representations involving wolves – in fiction and popular culture, in myths and in legends – I will inquire into these questions, aiming at approving our understanding of how human cultures has co-evolved not only with wolves, but further with a rich human imagery of these creatures, the infamous ancestors of man’s best friend.
Keywords: Animal representations, cultural imagery, zoosemiotics
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