Czech Exile Writers in the Netherlands: The Position of Jana Beranová and Jan Stavinoha in the Literary Field Cover Image

Tsjechische ballingschrijvers in Nederland: de positie van Jana Beranová en Jan Stavinoha in het literaire veld
Czech Exile Writers in the Netherlands: The Position of Jana Beranová and Jan Stavinoha in the Literary Field

Author(s): Lucie Sedláčková
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Other Language Literature
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: ballingschap; multiculturele literatuur; Jana Beranová; Jan Stavinoha; Kader Abdolah; posture

Summary/Abstract: Dutch literature of the 1990s can be characterised by a significant boom in the so-called multicultural (or intercultural) authors (political refugees and second-generation migrants). Jana Beranová and Jan Stavinoha, two authors of Czech origin debuting in poetry and fiction in the early 1980s, did not fully participate in this trend. This article deals with the reception of these two exiles in the Netherlands, and the possibility of their entrance into the literary canon. One of the aspects investigated in more detail is their self-presentation, namely, whether, and to what extent, they assumed an exilic posture.

  • Issue Year: 68/2020
  • Issue No: 5S
  • Page Range: 37-51
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Dutch