Gilliams and Signs: An investigation into the repercussion of a significantly increasing autonomy of the literary field on the critical representation of reality in (Flemish) narrative prose.

This case-study aims to cast new light on the complex evolution of Flemish literature during the interwar period. This project will nuance the more recent thesis put forward by Missinne, Dorleijn, De Geest e.a. that during the 1930s the Flemish literary field knew a significant development: on the one hand this is a period of cultural pillarization, on the other, literature dissociates itself from so-called non-literary institutions (church, state, political parties) and develops yet more in accordance with its own rules and conventions.

Keywords:FLEMISH LITERATURE

Disciplines:Language studies, Literary studies

Project type:Collaboration project