Kropp, rum och främlingsskap i Willem Frederik Hermans roman 'nooit meer slapen' (Aldrig mera sova, 1966)
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- Sophie Wennerscheid (UGent)
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- Abstract
- This contribution examines the representation of pl ace and body in Willem F. Hermans novel Nooit meer slapen (1966) (Beyond Sleep). Special at tention 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 measurabilit y and, consequently, the human capacity to control both the world and humanity's superior posi tion in it. Soon, however, he learns about his body's embeddedness in nature and thus its frag ility. 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 rational ity and enlightenment.
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8557961
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- Wennerscheid, Sophie. “Kropp, Rum Och Främlingsskap i Willem Frederik Hermans Roman ‘nooit Meer Slapen’ (Aldrig Mera Sova, 1966).” TIJDSCHRIFT VOOR SKANDINAVISTIEK, vol. 36, no. 2, 2018, pp. 292–98.
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- Wennerscheid, S. (2018). Kropp, rum och främlingsskap i Willem Frederik Hermans roman “nooit meer slapen” (Aldrig mera sova, 1966). TIJDSCHRIFT VOOR SKANDINAVISTIEK, 36(2), 292–298.
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- Wennerscheid, Sophie. 2018. “Kropp, Rum Och Främlingsskap i Willem Frederik Hermans Roman ‘nooit Meer Slapen’ (Aldrig Mera Sova, 1966).” TIJDSCHRIFT VOOR SKANDINAVISTIEK 36 (2): 292–98.
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- Wennerscheid, Sophie. 2018. “Kropp, Rum Och Främlingsskap i Willem Frederik Hermans Roman ‘nooit Meer Slapen’ (Aldrig Mera Sova, 1966).” TIJDSCHRIFT VOOR SKANDINAVISTIEK 36 (2): 292–298.
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- 1.Wennerscheid S. Kropp, rum och främlingsskap i Willem Frederik Hermans roman “nooit meer slapen” (Aldrig mera sova, 1966). TIJDSCHRIFT VOOR SKANDINAVISTIEK. 2018;36(2):292–8.
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- [1]S. Wennerscheid, “Kropp, rum och främlingsskap i Willem Frederik Hermans roman ‘nooit meer slapen’ (Aldrig mera sova, 1966),” TIJDSCHRIFT VOOR SKANDINAVISTIEK, vol. 36, no. 2, pp. 292–298, 2018.
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ace and body in Willem F. Hermans novel
Nooit meer slapen (1966) (Beyond Sleep). Special at
tention 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 measurabilit
y and, consequently, the human capacity to
control both the world and humanity's superior posi
tion in it. Soon, however, he learns about
his body's embeddedness in nature and thus its frag
ility. 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 rational
ity and enlightenment.}},
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title = {{Kropp, rum och främlingsskap i Willem Frederik Hermans roman 'nooit meer slapen' (Aldrig mera sova, 1966)}},
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