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Fallmerayer and Dragoumis on the Greek nation and its mission Ghent University
Jacob Philipp Fallmerayer and Ion Dragoumis are among the few people belonging to history who are still prominently present in the debates that agitate Greek public opinion. Fallmerayer is identified, in the modern Greek education system, as the typical U+201Cbad guyU+201D, the enemy of the Greek nation. Dragoumis, on the other hand, is generally considered to be the father of Greek nationalism, and is hailed by the nationalistic right as a ...
Τα Νεοελληνικά και η γένεση ενός κοινού ευρωπαϊκού λεξιλογίου. Ghent University
Fiets 'Ersatzpaard': de etymologische kwestie revisited en beslecht? Ghent University
To date there is no convincing etymology of the Dutch word fiets 'bicycle'. This is not surprising, as the origin of the word seems to lie in Germany. It is attested there, along the border with the Netherlands, but also more inland. In German, as in Dutch, several folk etymological transformations of the original word for 'bicycle' (the French vélocipède) occur, more often than not based on the notion that bicycles are substitutes for horses. ...
Grote idee, groote oorlog, grote catastrofe: deel I: geschiedenis: de lange aanloop naar een nationale tragedie Ghent University
Na de onafhankelijkheid van Griekenland in 1830 bleven ¾ van de Grieken buiten dit kleine Griekse koninkrijk. Hen ook te bevrijden en zo het territorium van Griekenland gevoelig uit te breiden, met het nog goeddeels door Grieken bevolkte Constaninopel als hoofdstad, vormde de inhoud van de “Grote Idee”. Maar ook de Russen en de Bulgaren hadden hun blik op Constantinopel gericht. De droom, die met de afloop van de Groote Oorlog even binnen ...
The French sources between the young Kazantzakis and Nietzsche Ghent University
Junkermann by M. Karagatsis: A Greek Great Gatsby and Tender is the Night Ghent University
Several of the characters and themes in M. Karagatsis's novel, Junkermann, seem closely modeled on two of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novels: The Great Gatsby and Tender is the Night. In particular; both Vassili (Vasya) Junkermann and Jay Galsby are former soldiers who find themselves hard up at the end of World War I. Both rise to positions of great wealth, buying-to no avail-recently built castle-like houses destined to receive the magic presence of ...