TY - JOUR AB - <p>This contribution presents an analysis of the novel Stiefmoeder Aarde by the<br>Dutch author Theun de Vries. The values in this novel or its potential tendentiousness<br>are laid bare by way of several narratological techniques, centering<br>around the concepts of polysemy and genre, and by focussing on the<br>opening pages of the novel. The first paragraphs of Stiefmoeder Aarde are<br>shown to present the norms of the stereotypical farmer, characteristic of<br>regional novels, and of a capitalist perspective. However, a subtle ambiguity<br>brought about by narrative style makes it unsure whether the norms in this<br>passage are put forward by the farmer, Wychman, or by the narrating authority.<br>This narratorial vagueness combines with the genre in which the text is<br>rendered to leave the reader with the impression that the farmer's perspective<br>may be condoned or even promulgated by the narrator. This initial tolerance<br>for the capitalist farmer's perspective serves to set off in full force the socialist<br>point of view in the rest of the novel.</p> AU - Hilde Moors DA - 2007/1// DO - 10.21825/kzm.v61i0.17410 IS - 0 VL - 61 PB - Koninklijke Zuid-Nederlandse Maatschappij voor Taal- en Letterkunde en Geschiedenis PY - 2007 TI - Goede boeren, slechte mensen? Een analyse van waarden en/of tendens in Stiefmoeder Aarde door Theun de Vries T2 - Handelingen - Koninklijke Zuid-Nederlandse maatschappij voor taal- en letterkunde en geschiedenis UR - https://openjournals.ugent.be/kzm/article/id/72125/ ER -