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This course will focus on the so-called millennial generation of writers in Dutch that has risen to prominence in the first two decades of the 21st century. We will analyze the main motives, forms and issues of their work, and ask if we can discern a particular 鈥榮tructure of feeling鈥� and sense to the literature of this generation. The module will develop an understanding of contemporary fiction in terms of affective crisis and repair. The discussion of this generation鈥檚 literature will be dealt with both diachronically (in relation to former literary tendencies) and synchronically (in relation to contemporary culture and society).
Primary reading may include work by Lieke Marsman, David Nolens, Nina Polak, Koen Sels, Ni帽a Weijers.
Preparatory Reading
- Demeyer, H. & Vitse S. 2021. Affectieve crisis, literair herstel. De romans van de millennialgeneratie. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press.
- Olnon, M & Van Dijk, Y. 2015. 鈥楻adicaal relationisme. Het andere engagement in de jongste Nederlandse literatuur鈥�. In: De Gids, 178, 3.
- Vaessens, T. 2009. De revanche van de roman: Literatuur, autoriteit en engagement. Nijmegen: Vantilt.
Module deliveries for 2024/25 academic year
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This module description was last updated on 8th April 2024.
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