Internationale Neerlandistiek - Volume 49, Issue 1, 2011

‘Comic version offers new insights’ – with these words the Stichting Beeldverhaal Nederland acclaimed the publication of Dick Matena’s comic version of De avonden, incorporating the complete text of the novel. But what actually is the benefit of Matena’s approach? In this paper I will investigate how the comic artist has translated Reve’s style into images, paying special attention to visual focalisation techniques. Sever Read More

This paper consists of two parts. In the first part, an attempt will be made to define ‘rude language’ in a such way that it discerns itself from other types of negative language use. This definition uses concepts such as register, informalisation, appreciation, intensification and dysfemy. Possible problems with this definition are discussed with existing examples of ‘rude language’. The second part of this paper explores to what ext Read More

The return of the relics of Napoleon to Paris (1840) gave rise to a critical debate in the Netherlands. In general the Dutch did approach the French veneration of Bonaparte in a skeptical way, although authors like Van der Hoop and Potgieter more or less sympathised with the French Napoleoncult. In this article the debate is analysed against the background of the relation between Dutch and French culture. Nationalist Read More

Hoe gaat het met de literatuurwetenschap in Nederland en Vlaanderen? Goed, hoewel de literatuurwetenschap niet bestaat. Er zijn veel uiteenlopende varianten en die floreren zelfs in een klein taalgebied als dat van ons. Dat zou de al te korte samenvatting kunnen zijn van Tijding en tendens: Literatuurwetenschap in de Nederlanden. Het boek bevat negen teksten die in de inleiding met elkaar verbonden worden door Read More