Vlaamse dagboekexperimenten en de jaren 1960 (en daarna). Enkele zijdelingse bedenkingen

Abstract

Vlaamse dagboekexperimenten en de jaren 1960 en daarna. Enkele zijdelingse bedenkingen

Most of the Flemish authors who are traditionally associated with the so-called experimental movement published diaries in the late 1960s and the 1970s. This article provides some explanation for this generation’s predilection for the diary genre, a proclivity that can also be noticed in the United States of America and Canada. Starting from a discussion on the definition of the diary genre, I use three theses to shed light on this phenomenon. First of all, the fact that the diary genre has historically been considered as a subgenre. Secondly, the diary is a place of freedom and allows a lot of literary experimentation. Finally, the diary is a genre that powerfully defies history and its linearity.