SYMBOLIC TRANSFORMATION OF ANIMAL CHARACTERS IN MICHAEL MORPURGO’S CHILDREN’S LITERATURE
Keywords:
symbolic transformation, animal characters, Michael Morpurgo, trauma, memory, children’s literatureAbstract
This thesis examines symbolic transformation of animal characters in Michael Morpurgo’s novels. Through analysis of War Horse, Running Wild, An Elephant in the Garden, and The Butterfly Lion, the paper argues that Morpurgo uses animal transformation to process trauma, encode memory, and construct fluid identity for child protagonists.
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