| Summary: | The topic of my thesis is the book De Taal Der Liefde by Gerard Kornelis van het Reve. I worked with the version, in which there is the chapter De Brieven Aan Een Kunstbroeder. That means that I used the edition of De Taal Der Liefde, Athenaeum - Polak & Van Gennep, Amsterdam 1972, 1st edition published in February 1972. my original plan was to write about The Love Trilogy, that means De Taal Der Liefde (1972), Lieve jongens (1973) and Het Lieve Leven (1974), but as I worked on, I realized that that topic is too wide and that this thesis does not allow me to write as extensively as I would have liked to, so I ended up analyzing just the one book. The reason why I chose this very book is the period in which it was written. The book can be placed into the fourth period of the writer's work, to the '70s, when he started writing in form of letters. This period is usually called the disharmonic romantic period. His language gets ceremonial and the form gets more attention. The form is one of the many reasons why this book is so interesting. As far as methodology of my work is concerned, I used the books by Erica van Boven and Gillis Dorleijn, Literair mechaniek. Inleiding tot de analyse van verhalen en gedichten, and the book by J.van Luxemburg, M.Bal en W.Weststeijn, Over literatuur. This analysis is an ergo-...
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