Tijdschrift voor Nederlandse Taal- en Letterkunde - Volume 136, Issue 1, 2020

This contribution focuses on two editions of G.A. Bredero’s Klucht van de molenaar (Farce of the miller), written in 1613. It illustrates that the first edition of 1618 (by publisher-bookseller Niclaes Verberg) contains different words, half lines and in one case even whole lines that are missing or changed in comparison with the second edition of 1619. This is what Bredero’s regular publisher Cornelis vander Plasse claims himself. Bredero’s play is written in a vernacular-like style resembling the variety spoken in Amsterdam at the time. The analysis of the two editions on the representation of dialect in a written form leads to a number of notable observations. In the 1619 edition all characters have a relatively stronger dialect than in the first edition, except in a few striking scenes. The opening monologue and the moralising end of the play offer dialect variants that are slightly more refined in the 1619 edition of this play.

Literary prizes have become indispensable to the literary field and have developed into one of its most high-profiled phenomena. They promote competing forms of consecration; intersect in the dynamic relationships of actors and institutions; and contribute to defining the parameters of literature and literary culture. This article investigates the relationship between literary awards and literary criticism in the Netherlands from both a quantitative and qualitative perspective, whilst drawing on field-theoretical approaches to literature. As literary critics consecrate some authors but not others, so they determine to a large extent which literary prizes matter and which do not. This article charts the rise of literary awards on the Dutch literary field, and the critical attention these prizes have received. It researches which prizes are consecrated (and why), and in which ways literary criticism has written about those awards over the course of years.

Literatuur geniet grote publieke belangstelling, zoals blijkt uit de populariteit van leesclubs en poëziewedstrijden en de levendige debatten over het literatuuronderwijs. Tegelijkertijd verkeren de disciplines die zich specialiseren in de analyse van literatuur in zwaar weer. Deze situatie noopt tot disciplinaire zelfrefl ectie: welke nieuwe mogelijkheden schetsen enkele recente Engelstalig e studies voor de literatuurwetenschap en welke wegen openen zij voor de academische literatuurstudie in Nederland?