Madness has been a powerful theme in literature, often used to explore the limits of human reason, emotion, and identity. Writers employ it to question social norms, reveal hidden truths, or dramatize inner conflicts that ordinary speech cannot express.
Animal studies is among the budding fields that is attracting a lot of attention over the past two decades. This is partially due to the cultural and conceptual shifts in the figuration of animals from mere objects, serving the humans, to subjects in their own rights. Admittedly, such shifts are triggered by our growing awareness of environmental and animal rights questions in what may be deemed a post-human age.