Nederlandse Southern Gothic: Simone Atangana Bekono’s Zo hoog de zon stond

Agnes Andeweg

doi:10.5117/9789048560110_andeweg

Nederlandse Southern Gothic: Simone Atangana Bekono’s Zo hoog de zon stond

Agnes Andeweg

ICON - Modern and Contemporary Literature

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Abstract

This article presents a close reading of gothic features in Simone Atangana Bekono’s novella Zo hoog de zon stond (‘As high as the sun stood’, 2022). This analysis serves as a way to comment on recent academic debates about the end, or ends, of critical theory, more specifically about ways of reading: surface reading or symptomatic reading. Supporting Esther Peeren’s recent plea for a return to symptomatic reading, I argue that a clearcut opposition between surface and depth is untenable.

Original language	Dutch
Title of host publication	Transities in Kunst, Cultuur En Politiek = Transitions in Art, Culture, and Politics
Editors	Sandra Ponzanesi, Kathrin Thiele, Eva Midden, Domitilla Olivieri, Trude Oorschot
Place of Publication	Amsterdam
Publisher	Amsterdam University Press
Pages	137-147
ISBN (Electronic)	9789048560127
ISBN (Print)	9789048560110
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5117/9789048560110_andeweg
Publication status	Published - 2023

Keywords

Simone Atangana Bekono
southern gothic
surface reading
symptomatic reading
Cultural critique

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Nederlandse Southern Gothic: Simone Atangana Bekono’s Zo hoog de zon stond. / Andeweg, Agnes.
Transities in Kunst, Cultuur En Politiek = Transitions in Art, Culture, and Politics. ed. / Sandra Ponzanesi; Kathrin Thiele; Eva Midden; Domitilla Olivieri; Trude Oorschot. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2023. p. 137-147.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Academic › peer-review

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