De metaforische reis naar de kunst als homeland. De Kapellekensbaan van Louis Paul Boon als Künstlerroman
The Metaphoric Voyage to Art as Homeland: De Kapellekensbaan (Chapel Road) by Louis Paul Boon as a Künstlerroman
Author(s): Albert GielenSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Other Language Literature
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: Künstlerroman (Artist’s Novel); Louis Paul Boon; De Kapellekensbaan (Chapel Road); Zomer te Ter-Muren (Summer in Termuren); Roberta Seret
Summary/Abstract: About De Kapellekensbaan of de 1ste illegale roman van Boontje (1953; translated into English as Chapel Road) numerous studies have been published without typifying the novel as a Künstlerroman. The question is whether De Kapellekensbaan contains characteristics to make it a Künstlerroman? There are a number of elements with which the Künstlerroman distinguishes itself from other genres. This is done here based on the theories of Herbert Marcuse and Roberta Seret. Seret speaks in this context of homeland and metaphorical voyage. On the basis of these concepts is determined that De Kapellekensbaan belongs to the genre of Künstlerroman and then follows a characterization of Boon’s
Journal: Roczniki Humanistyczne
- Issue Year: 69/2021
- Issue No: 5S
- Page Range: 119-133
- Page Count: 15
- Language: Dutch