Pieter Verstraeten
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
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Nederlandse letterkunde | 2014
Gillis Dorleijn; Pieter Verstraeten; Dirk De Geest
In Dutch literary history, the timespan between 1900 and 1920 has often been conceived of as a period of relative calm and stability in contrast to the preceding fin-de-siecle years and the years following World War I. Recent publications, however, broadening their scope from the canonical literary texts and the major authors to a more comprehensive view on literary culture, have revealed that the first decades of the 20th century saw important changes in the structure of the literary field, alongside (and in close connection to) the emergence of new cultural practices. This special issue of Nederlandse Letterkunde wants to chart some of these changes, ranging from the rise of new genres and new ideas about literature and authorship, to a reorganization of the institutional infrastructure of literature. In the introduction we argue that, to analyze such phenomena, it is fruitful to focus on the development, reinterpretation and circulation of literary and cultural models, since all cultural behavior is model-based, as are cultural artifacts, which might in turn function as models themselves for new practices or products. To illustrate the possibilities of the concept ‘model’ we present a brief case study on the literary interview, a media genre emerging internationally at that time, followed by some general reflections on the ‘model’ approach in literary and cultural studies.
Etudes Germaniques | 2013
Pieter Verstraeten; Willy Devos; Stéphanie Vanasten
Hugo Claus’s short novel Omtrent Deedee [With regard to Deedee], which appeared in 1963, can be read in a variety of ways. In general, two slightly antagonistic interpretative models have been dominant so far: whereas the early literary analysis by Julien Weverbergh focuses on the symbolic dimension of the story, a commentator such as Bert Vanheste emphasizes the novel’s connection with contemporary social discussions, such as the debates on the democratization of Catholic faith in the context of Vaticanum II (1962-1965). In this article I want to further develop the latter perspective by reading the book primarily as a commentary on Catholic faith, understood in its institutional as well as its ideological dimensions. In particular, I focus on the kind of priesthood the main character Deedee is embodying, on the relation between the priest Deedee and the young homosexual Claude, who seems to represent an alternative kind of priesthood, and on the process of transubstantiation, which plays a major role in all this. Finally, I relate the motif of transubstantiation to Claus’s conception of meaning and symbolism. It appears that the religious sacrament as well as the signifying process are based on the interaction between the concrete and material on the one hand and the abstract and ideal on the other. In the end, in Omtrent Deedee, both categories are unmasked as mere social constructs, failing to do what they promise: restoring an original, sacral union or wholeness.
Tijdschrift Voor Nederlandse Taal-en Letterkunde | 2008
E.M.A. van Boven; Koen Rymenants; Mathijs Sanders; Pieter Verstraeten
Tijdschrift Voor Nederlandse Taal-en Letterkunde | 2012
Ben de Bruyn; Pieter Verstraeten
Tijdschrift Voor Nederlandse Taal-en Letterkunde | 2011
Koen Rymenants; Pieter Verstraeten
Internationale Neerlandistiek | 2010
Dirk De Geest; Pieter Verstraeten
Archive | 2017
Mathijs Sanders; Erica van Boven; Pieter Verstraeten
Echte leesboeken | 2017
Ryanne Keltjens; Erica van Boven; Mathijs Sanders; Pieter Verstraeten
Belphégor. Littérature populaire et culture médiatique | 2017
Bram Lambrecht; Pieter Verstraeten; Dirk De Geest
Tijdschrift Voor Nederlandse Taal-en Letterkunde | 2015
Ben de Bruyn; Pieter Verstraeten