literature

Mourid Barghouti, ramallah, gaza, palestine, poetry, literature

Return to Palestine: Mourid Barghouti

Column
Odile Heynders
15/07/2024
9 minutes to read

After thirty years of exile, Palestinian poet Mourid Barghouti returned to Palestine for the first time in the summer of 1996. In this column, Odile Heynders discusses how the close reading of Barghouti's poetic writing about his return and alienation provides insights to criticise the disastrous war in Gaza today.

Lies, Laws, and Literature: What Franz Kafka Teaches Us about Power and Politics Today

Article
Katherine Huber
17/06/2024
11 minutes to read

What can we learn about contemporary by reading the work of Franz Kafka? In this article, Kate Huber and Odile Heynders address The Trial, pro-palestine protests, The Metamorphosis and the toeslagenaffaire.

Keep on Reading Fiction. 2023 in three fictional novels

Column
Odile Heynders
22/12/2023
6 minutes to read

The Orphanage by Serhi Zhadan, Tremor by Teju Cole, and The End of Days by Jenny Erpenbeck are literary texts that put 2023 in perspective. How does literature counterbalance oversimplification in the complicated times we live in?

Stephen King's mixed bag of a Fairy Tale (Stephen King)

Review
Vinicio Ntouvlis
29/03/2023
7 minutes to read

Stephen King's 65th novel is a loving tribute to the stories he grew up with, but does it have a worthwhile new one to offer?

The Handmaid's Tale: Transmedia storytelling and Activism

Article
Iva Konstantinova
14/11/2022
10 minutes to read

The Handmaid's Tale is a dystopian text that underscores women's activism, bearing its transmedia potential. This article, therefore, examines how its thematic focus transcends other media toward political advancement for women.

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Lifelong learning: the Dark Academia aesthetic as a taste regime

Article
Iris Dumoulin
12/01/2022
10 minutes to read

In this article, I will explore how dark academia can be defined as a taste regime and how specific practices relate to the investment in practical knowledge in order to gain capital on social, economic, and cultural levels.

Conspiracy theories, Capitol riot, fiction,

The Capitol Riots: Democracy, Post-truth and Fiction

Column
Odile Heynders
13/01/2021
7 minutes to read

In light of the Capitol riots, Odile Heynders claims that we have to reflect on fiction and its development in time, in order to understand how the concept is used and functions in today’s society.