Canine Literature

[Antitonic]

I know this may sound like a strange request, and it is. For a story I'm writing, there's a part that is written from an animals point of view. Not something like "I woke up, and I have fur! What the hell is going on?", more as if it was a dog writing it, like "Master throw ball. Chase and hunt! Fetch, happy!" I recall reading a story that had something like this in there, but I can't remember for the life of me, and my Google-Fu has failed. Basically, I need something that kind of simplistic, in order to study "speech" patterns and the like?

Can anyone help?

 

[similar.squirrel]

All I can think of is Timbuktu.

 

[Vern5]

Read the Call of the Wild. The entire book is written from the point of view of a dog. It's a classic novel so it should not be too hard to find.

 

[Lukeje]

Read the Call of the Wild. The entire book is written from the point of view of a dog. It's a classic novel so it should not be too hard to find.

It's also out of copyright: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/215

 

[cgaWolf]

While not what you're looking for (especially since it's missing the "easy speech pattern" part), i can recommend 'A Night in lonesome October' by Roger Zelazny ( ISBN-10: 0380771411
ISBN-13: 978-0380771417 ).

 

[Realitycrash]

Read Watership Down (Rabits) if animal-perspective that isn't canine interest you.
Read Animal Farm if you want politics taken up under the guise of animals.

 

[Bobic]

You could watch an episode of scooby doo. That might be helpful.

 

[ShindoL Shill]

try this:
this what you're looking for?

 

[evenest]

There's a Japanese book (that has been translated into English) called I am a Cat that might be of some help to you.

Sorry, didn't read your post as thoroughly as I should have, thought it might be a book worth reading.

If you are looking for simple speech patterns, check out any number of books aimed at teaching kids (or even adults) how to read. They are bound to have simple sentence structures.

 

[One of Many]

Call of the Wild and The Captain's Dog come to mind.

 

[Jharry5]

The only example of canine literature I can think of is 'Cujo' by Stephen King. If I remember correctly, there are sections of that book (not the whole thing though) that are written from the title character's point of view.
As to entire books, can't help you I'm afraid...

 

[Fenra]

Fire Bringer, The Sight and Fell by David Clement-Davies are written from various animal points of view

Theres also off the top of my head White Fang by Jack London

 

[Antitonic]

Thanks for all the input guys! I dug up my copy of Cujo, which has enough in there to get me started. I've also got Watership Down around here somewhere. The others I'm not familiar with, but I'll definitely try and check out!

 

[Elementary - Dear Watson]

Relive and old classic and play 'A Dog's life' on the PS2, and experience being a dog for a bit! Then see how it makes you feel!

 

[Twilight_guy]

The only story I recall off the top of my head is the art of racing in the rain but that features a more literate dog then what you're talking about.

 

[Nouw]

I do recall a book from the perspective of a dog written by a French man. Can't remember it's name damn it >.>.

 

[RaphaelsRedemption]

Call of the Wild and White Fang, both by Jack London, should be up your alley.

Though, rather than narrating a story in the dog's own words, the author describes the world and events as the dog sees them. They are quite bleak, but very, very interesting.

For a book narrated by an animal, try Black Beauty.

 

[Freaky Lou]

I'll echo Call Of The Wild and most especially White Fang.

"Ribsy" by Beverly Cleary is one of Cleary's best books, which is saying a LOT. "The Incredible Journey" might be what you're looking for, but maybe not.