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Project

An intense desire to resume the Adamic adventure: the rise and impact of the neo-avant-garde in Flemish literary periodicals (1949-1965)
Code
01D11719
Duration
01 August 2020 → 11 April 2026
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Humanities and the arts
    • Literatures in Dutch
    • Poetics
    • Literary history
Keywords
neo-avant-garde periodical studies literary history poetics conceptions of literature critical discourse analysis network visualization databases digital humanities Comparative Quantitative Language and text analysis 20th Century Belgium Dutch literature Literary studies
 
Project description
 

This project examines the dynamics and impact of the neo-avant-garde in Flemish literary
periodicals of the postwar period (1949-1965). I employ discourse analysis of critical texts on poetic
innovation to trace key metaphors and discursive strategies regarding image building and
legitimation. This analysis is further elucidated through a dynamic network visualization of the
periodicals and published authors involved.