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­ Relying­ on­ recent­ theoretical­ work­ in­ the­ field­ of­ critical­ animal­studies­and­ecocriticism,­the­paper­discusses­several­fantasies­ across­different­media­and­genres­(a­comic­book­series,­a­young­adult­ novel,­and­an­animated­film),­whose­common­characteristic­is­a­critical­ stance­ towards­ anthropocentrism,­ also­ known,­ tellingly,­ as­ “human­ exceptionalism”,­“human­supremacy”,­and­“human­chauvinism”.­The­ selected­ corpus­ consists­ of­Neil­Gaiman’s­ “A­Dream­of­ a­ Thousand­ Cats”,­Hannah­Moskowitz’s­“Teeth”,­and­Hayao­Miyazaki’s­“Princess­ Mononoke”.­ Dissimilar­ as­ they­ are,­ these­ fantasies­ share­ common­ thematic­ concern­ with­ the­ relationship­ between­ the­ human­ and­ the­ nonhuman­–­primarily­animals­–­as­well­as­commitment­to­challenging­ the­notions­of­natural,­ just­ and­desirable­human­ supremacy­over­all­ other­ forms­ of­ life.­ In­ the­ selected­ works,­ human­ exceptionalism­ is­ challenged­ by­ unmasking­ human­ exceptional­ brutality­ at­ its­ root,­ and,­perhaps­more­unnervingly,­by­the­exploration­of­the­fundamental­ kinship­between­human­and­nonhuman­animals.­Although­these­popular­ fantasies­do­not­voice­explicit­or­simple­ecological­messages,­due­to­the­ abovementioned­concerns,­they­function­as­ecocritical­texts­as­well.­In­ the­context­of­ the­global­environmental­crisis,­ it­ is­ in­ this­ecocritical­ potential­that­some­relevance­of­fantasy­arguably­lies.­ Key­ words:­ anthropocentrism,­ critical­ animal­ studies,­ ecocriticism,­ fantasy,­nonhuman­animals DANIJELA PETKOVIĆ

'What cats have to dream about'?: Challenging anthropocentrism in 'A dream of a thousand cats', 'Teeth' and 'Princess Mononoke'