Projects
Imaginary Voyages in Literary Worlds: from transhistorical theory to contemporary practice KU Leuven
This doctoral dissertation entails a genre study of the imaginary voyage, with a particular focus on the borders, the textual dynamics, the characteristics and the interpretation of that genre in Dutch literature from 1945 to the present day. The label ‘imaginary voyage’ (with synonyms such as ‘travel novel’ and ‘travel fiction’) refers to all fictional stories which concentrate on one or more journeys. Internationally speaking, one could ...
Narrative Estrangement and Literary Theory. The Case of Kafka's Impact on Maurice Blanchot's Fictional and Critical Work. University of Antwerp
Actresses and their Literary Networks: Reshaping the Cultural Scene in Early Modern Italy Ghent University
Professional actresses were among the few women to build wide literary networks and play an active cultural role in early modern Italy. Yet moralists commonly labelled them as ‘weavers of infernal webs’, ‘violators of spectator’s chastity’, or ‘prostitutes’, colouring critical perceptions for centuries and eclipsing their cultural achievements. This project examines the ways in which six prominent actresses in the professional theatre (now ...
Modal Type Theory as a Library with Applications in Effect Parametricity KU Leuven
Many variants of type theory extend a base theory with additional primitives or properties like univalence, guarded recursion or parametricity, to enable constructions or proofs that would be harder or impossible to do in the base theory. However, implementing such extended type theories (either from scratch or by modifying an existing implementation) is a big hurdle for their wider adoption. In this PhD project I am developing Sikkel, a ...
Evaluation of literature by professional and layperson critics: A digital and literary sociological analysis of evaluative talk of literature through the prism of literary prizes (2007-2017) Ghent University
Recently, the manager of a Dutch publishing consortium manager stated that literary quality should
be measured and predicted by means of algorithms and big data-based audience research, rather
than by experts. His claim drew ire and caused the exodus of many of established authors; at the
same time, the statement is indicative of a broader societal trend in which the knowledge of
professional 'pundits' is rivalled and ...
The literary and literay-critical work of Bernard Frank (1929-2006). KU Leuven
DICIS - Transnational textual cultures: study textual condition, translation, mediation and literary historiography. University of Antwerp
Concepts of "tradition" in the literary theories of Ernst Robert Curtius, Frank Kermode and Antoine Compagnon. KU Leuven
Hybrid literature, hybrid agency: the status of the literary text in Edward Said’s cultural analysis Ghent University
Abstract (max. 60 woorden): This project investigates the status of literary texts and its implications on the conceptualization of agency in Edward Said’s criticism. By submitting Said’s contrapuntal approach to a close rhetorical reading, this project analyzes the incorporation and application of the intertexts Said draws upon and their foundational influence on the status of literature and the correlating view on agency.