Published Paper Details:

Non- human animals functioning as narrators and protagonists is not common only to fairy tales and fables. Their voice can be found in serious literature too and they narrate the intricacies of their life and their worlds. The primary reason for having animals as narrators is the possibility of evoking empathy from the readers towards the plight of animals. The authors of such works try to decentre human beings and defamiliarize the human perception of the world. Having animals as narrators also facilitate the writers to avoid censorship and persecution by projecting their ideas through animal voice. Thus, ranging from fairy tales to political satires, animal images are common and their voices are used to negotiate the relationship between animals and humans. The paper aims to analyse the Animal narratives in the novel The Bees written by Laline Paull. The plot of the novel is revealed from the perception of a bee and with a limited human intervention. However, traces of anthropocentrism are found in the novel despite its careful detachment from the animal world. The paper sets to show the convergence of animal and human world and the system devised to have a better understanding on the life of bees.