Wandelend op weg naar geluk: een vergelijkende analyse van geluksdiscoursen in de Terloops-wandelreeks

Author(s):
Gloudemans, L.; Op de Beek, E.A. (0009-0007-2997-2603)
Published
2025
Publication type
Article / Letter to editor

Abstract

This article provides a comparison of happiness discourses in walking stories published in the Van Oorschot Terloopsseries by millennial and non-millennial authors. In order to chart how authors reflect on the interrelatedness of walking and well-being in their walking narratives, we have analysed three stories by millennial-writers – Omwegen (2023) by Thomas Heerma van Voss, Bergje (2020) by Bregje Hofstede and De groef (2021) by Maartje Wortel – and three by non-millennials: De beloning (2022) by Stine Jensen, Lentehonger (2022) by Sander Kollaard and Je keek te ver (2022) by Marjoleine de Vos. The comparison not only shows that dominant discourses – as articulated by Hyman (2014a) – are strongly recognizable in all travel stories, but also exposes similarities and differences between generations. The Terloops titles are consistent with Demeyer and Vitse’s (2021) thesis that the literature of millennials expresses an affective crisis more strongly than that of writers of earlier generations.

Happiness studiesTravel writingDutch millennial literatureAffect theoryWell-being
Date issued
2025-09-01
Language
Dutch
Is part of
Tijdschrift voor Nederlandse Taal- en Letterkunde (2025), Vol. 141, no. 3, p. 241-271
hdl
1887/4262014
doi
10.5117/TNTL2025.3.002.GLOU