Publication Date:
2024-03-23
Description:
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.
Keywords:
Simone Atangana Bekono
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southern gothic
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surface reading
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symptomatic readingreading
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thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AB The arts: general topics::ABA Theory of art
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thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues::JBFA Social discrimination and social justice
Language:
Dutch
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