Belgian literature definition of Belgian literature in the Free Online Encyclopedia.

Belgian literature. For literature in Flemish (Dutch), see Dutch and Flemish literature Dutch and Flemish literature, literary works written in the standard language of the Low Countries since the Middle Ages. It is conventional to use the term Dutch when referring to the language spoken by the people of the modern Netherlands, and Flemish
..... Click the link for more information. . The writings of French-speaking Belgians, of whom the chief are Maeterlinck Maeterlinck, Maurice , 1862–1949, Belgian author who wrote in French. After practicing law unsuccessfully for several years, he went to Paris in 1897. He had already been touched by the influence of the symbolists and the mystical thought of Novalis and
..... Click the link for more information. and Verhaeren Verhaeren, Émile , 1855–1916, Belgian poet and critic, a Fleming who wrote in French. His dominant passion for social reform found expression successively in a disgust with mankind, as in the naturalistic verse of Les Flamandes
..... Click the link for more information. , belong to French literature French literature, writings in medieval French dialects and standard modern French. Writings in Provençal and Breton are considered separately, as are works in French produced abroad (as at Canadian literature, French).
..... Click the link for more information. . See also Walloons Walloons , group of people living in S Belgium who traditionally spoke a dialect of French called Walloon, but who today for the most part speak standard French. The Walloons, numbering some 3.
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