Een groteske revolutie. Over Van Ostaijens 'film met jazzbegeleiding' De bankroet jazz

in Poëziekrant (2010), 34(2), 50-57

This article reads De bankroet jazz, a satiric film script by the Flemish expressionist Paul van Ostaijen, within the context of his ideological and literary development.

Théorie littéraire

Learning material (2010)

This is an introduction to the history of literary theory in the western tradition, with a survey of major currents and approaches (Russian formalism, structuralism, New criticism, reception theories ... [more ▼]

This is an introduction to the history of literary theory in the western tradition, with a survey of major currents and approaches (Russian formalism, structuralism, New criticism, reception theories, poststructuralism, psychoanalytic criticism). [less ▲]

Alien in Wonderland. Over Tamara Van San

Article for general public (2009)

The article presents the work of the young Belgian artist Tamara Van San, which is seen in the context of the history of modern art and of recent cultural analysis inspired by Lacanian psychoanalysis.

Ik-zonder-mij. Een zelfinterview

Article for general public (2009)

This article criticizes the widespread belief in the 'death of the author' and the 'end of the subject', and asks what kind of 'postpostmodern' view of the subject can replace this belief. In order to do ... [more ▼]

This article criticizes the widespread belief in the 'death of the author' and the 'end of the subject', and asks what kind of 'postpostmodern' view of the subject can replace this belief. In order to do so, it draws on the writings of Slavoj Zizek. [less ▲]

Histoire de la littérature néerlandaise II

Learning material (2009)

This is a survey of the history of Dutch literature from 1700 to 1880.

Twee handen in het lege. Paul van Ostaijen en de esthetica van het verhevene (Kant, Lyotard)

Book published by Digitale Bibliotheek der Nederlandse Letteren (2009)

This study begins by giving a detailed account of the poststructuralist rereading by Jean-François Lyotard of Immanuel Kant's writings on the sublime. The aesthetic of the sublime is, according to Lyotard ... [more ▼]

This study begins by giving a detailed account of the poststructuralist rereading by Jean-François Lyotard of Immanuel Kant's writings on the sublime. The aesthetic of the sublime is, according to Lyotard, the secret motive of avant-garde art and literature. This hypothesis is confronted with the work of the Flemish avant-garde writer Paul van Ostaijen. The resulting interpretations shed new light on this crucial oeuvre. [less ▲]

Een ethische booswicht. Over Dorp zonder ouders (1978) van Anton van Wilderode

in De Geest, Dirk, Van Vaeck, Marc (Ed.) 'Ergens beginnen': bijdragen over Nederlandse poëzie (1967 - 2009) voor Hugo Brems bij zijn emeritaat. (2009)

The poetry book Dorp zonder ouders by the Flemish catholic priest Anton van Wilderode was fiercely duscussed by leftist literary critics. Some of them rejected the book outright, others expressed their ... [more ▼]

The poetry book Dorp zonder ouders by the Flemish catholic priest Anton van Wilderode was fiercely duscussed by leftist literary critics. Some of them rejected the book outright, others expressed their admiration, while distancing themselves from the author's ideological position. The present book chapter claims that these mixed reactions are at least partly elicited by the author's own agency, more specifically by his rigid and self-destructive defence of inadmissible reactionary views. [less ▲]

Alien in Wonderland. About Tamara Van San

in Spinoy, Erik (Ed.) Loud & Bright Purple Birds & Blue Eyed Bitches Dancing (2009)

The work of Tamara Van San can be constructed as a return to pre-conceptual times, when artists like Kandinsky believed it was possible to create 'objective correlatives' and, consequently, aesthetic ... [more ▼]

The work of Tamara Van San can be constructed as a return to pre-conceptual times, when artists like Kandinsky believed it was possible to create 'objective correlatives' and, consequently, aesthetic communities. But it can also be linked to the tradition of the uncanny (das Unheimliche), as it alludes to an 'inner side' that usually remains out of sight. [less ▲]

Een verscheurde bloemlezing. Over Hotel New Flandres

in nY (2009), 1(1), 2-22

This article examines the claims by the editors of the poetry anthology Hotel New Flandres that their selection is based upon 'objective' criteria. In reality, the criteria that are used are contradictory ... [more ▼]

This article examines the claims by the editors of the poetry anthology Hotel New Flandres that their selection is based upon 'objective' criteria. In reality, the criteria that are used are contradictory and mutually incompatible, and the way in which they are applied does not do justice to the corpus. [less ▲]

Loud & Bright Purple Birds & Blue Eyed Bitches Dancing. A Task for Poetry # 2

Book published by Onomatopee (2009)

The present volume is an introduction to the work of the young Belgian artist Tamara Van San. It contains two articles, an interview and a portfolio.