[en] This paper analyses the way in which the Flemish avant-garde poet Van Ostaijen constructs a utopian literary-political discourse aiming to do away with the antagonisms supposedly characterizing contemporary reality. The condition this discourse strives to realize would be one in which a 'lost fullness' would be restored.
Disciplines :
Literature
Author, co-author :
Spinoy, Erik ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des langues et littératures modernes > Littérature néerlandaise
Language :
English
Title :
Paul van Ostaijen’s ‘The Signal’. A Politics to End all Politics.
Publication date :
2005
Main work title :
The Poetics and Politics of the Historical Avant-Garde
Author, co-author :
Bru, Sascha
Keunen, Bart
Codde, Ph.
Publisher :
Vlaamse Vereniging voor Algemene en Vergelijkende Literatuurwetenschap, Belgium