Kropp, rum och främlingsskap i Willem Frederik Hermans roman 'Nooit meer slapen' (Aldrig mera sova, 1966)
This contribution examines the representation of place and body in Willem H. Hermans novel Nooit meer slapen (1966) (Beyond Sleep). Special attention is paid to the question of how the protagonist, a young Dutch PhD candidate in geology, makes his way through Norwegian Finnmark, an area he does not...
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ftunivgronojs:oai:prd-ojs.ojs3203:article/31595 2023-10-09T21:51:29+02:00 Kropp, rum och främlingsskap i Willem Frederik Hermans roman 'Nooit meer slapen' (Aldrig mera sova, 1966) Wennerscheid, Sophie 2018-07-26 application/pdf https://ugp.rug.nl/tvs/article/view/31595 nld dut University of Groningen Press https://ugp.rug.nl/tvs/article/view/31595/28981 https://ugp.rug.nl/tvs/article/view/31595 Copyright (c) 2018 Sophie Wennerscheid Tijdschrift voor Skandinavistiek; Vol. 36 No. 2 (2018): Transit - 'Norden' och 'Europa' Tijdschrift voor Skandinavistiek; Vol 36 Nr 2 (2018): Transit - 'Norden' och 'Europa' 1875-9505 0168-2148 Kropp rum rörelse identitet kulturkonflikt rationalitetskritik destabilisering osäkerhet info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2018 ftunivgronojs 2023-09-12T20:09:00Z This contribution examines the representation of place and body in Willem H. Hermans novel Nooit meer slapen (1966) (Beyond Sleep). Special attention is paid to the question of how the protagonist, a young Dutch PhD candidate in geology, makes his way through Norwegian Finnmark, an area he does not know but is eager to explore. At the beginning of his journey, Alfred feels certain about the world's measurability and, consequently, the human capacity to control both the world and humanity's superior position in it. Soon, however, he learns about his body's embeddedness in nature and thus its fragility. Drawing on Maurice Merleau-Ponty's critique of the Cartesian worldview and the subject-object dichotomy, Hermans' novel is read as a critical engagement with unchallenged rationality and enlightenment. Article in Journal/Newspaper Finnmark Finnmark Rijksuniversiteit Groningen: University of Groningen Press Maurice ENVELOPE(-55.817,-55.817,-63.133,-63.133) |
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This contribution examines the representation of place and body in Willem H. Hermans novel Nooit meer slapen (1966) (Beyond Sleep). Special attention is paid to the question of how the protagonist, a young Dutch PhD candidate in geology, makes his way through Norwegian Finnmark, an area he does not know but is eager to explore. At the beginning of his journey, Alfred feels certain about the world's measurability and, consequently, the human capacity to control both the world and humanity's superior position in it. Soon, however, he learns about his body's embeddedness in nature and thus its fragility. Drawing on Maurice Merleau-Ponty's critique of the Cartesian worldview and the subject-object dichotomy, Hermans' novel is read as a critical engagement with unchallenged rationality and enlightenment. |
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Kropp, rum och främlingsskap i Willem Frederik Hermans roman 'Nooit meer slapen' (Aldrig mera sova, 1966) |
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Kropp, rum och främlingsskap i Willem Frederik Hermans roman 'Nooit meer slapen' (Aldrig mera sova, 1966) |
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