Siebe Bluijs

Bio

Siebe Bluijs is a postdoctoral researcher at Tilburg University. He holds a PhD in Dutch Literature from Ghent University (Belgium). His research interests concern how media develop new methods, specific to the medium, of deploying semiotic systems for meaning-making in literary works. His current research focuses on 'digital literature' (e.g. poetry that employs kinetic typography, literary smartphone applications, and narratives in virtual reality). In his PhD-project he analysed the form and functioning of the postwar literary radio play in the Low Countries, focusing on innovations in narrative and semiotic composition. Bluijs extensively writes on contemporary (Dutch) literature, and is particularly interested in experimental literature. Additionally, he has a background in graphic design, with a specialisation in book design and typography.

www.siebebluijs.nl

Expertise

The Digital Literature Consortium explores the unique opportunities that works of digital literature offer to academic research, public libraries, and education. How does the concept of digital literature relate to more traditional, printed forms of literary art? Can the implementation of digital literature into the curriculum make language and literature classes in secondary school more memorable and engaging? What is the best way to integrate works of digital literature into public library collections? How can we preserve the dynamic and ephemeral works of digital literature for future generations? We are convinced that answering these questions requires close collaboration between various societal partners (academic researchers, library professionals, school teachers). 

Courses

• 21st Century Perspectives on Education
• Introduction to Theory of Literature

Highlights

• Dissertation: S. Bluijs, Literatuur op de golven. Mediumreflectie in het literaire hoorspel in Nederland en Vlaanderen, 1960-2000. Ghent University, 2020. [in Dutch]
• L. Bernaerts & S. Bluijs (red.). Luisterrijk der letteren. Hoorspel en literatuur in Nederland en Vlaanderen. Gent, Academia Press, 2019. [in Dutch]
• I. Arteel, L. Bernaerts, S. Bluijs, P. Verhulst (red.), Tuning in to the Neo-Avant-Garde. Experimental Radio Plays in the Postwar Period. Manchester, Manchester University Press, 2021. [forthcoming]

• S. Bluijs. ‘Earwitnessing: Focalization in Radio Drama’. In: L. Bernaerts & J. Mildorf (eds.), Audionarratology: Lessons from Radio Drama (Theory and Interpretation of Narrative Series). Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 2021. [forthcoming].

Recent publications

1. Jeroen Mettes (1978-2006) en de vluchtlijnen van de poëzie

   Bluijs, S., & Ieven, B. (2022). Jeroen Mettes (1978-2006) en de vluchtlijnen van de poëzie. In S. Bluijs, & B. Ieven (Eds.), Vluchtlijnen van de poëzie: Over het werk van Jeroen Mettes (pp. 3-18). (SEL-reeks; Vol. 16). Academia Press.

2. 'Sybren Polet is geen echte schrijver' - Jeroen Mettes en het gebruik…

   Bluijs, S., & De Taeye, L. (2022). 'Sybren Polet is geen echte schrijver': Jeroen Mettes en het gebruik van de collagetechniek in de Nederlandstalige avant-garde van de ‘lange jaren zestig’. In S. Bluijs, & B. Ieven (Eds.), Vluchtlijnen van de poëzie: Over het werk van Jeroen Mettes (Vol. 16, pp. 139-157). (SEL-reeks; Vol. 16). Academia Press.

3. Vluchtlijnen van de poëzie - Over het werk van Jeroen Mettes

   Bluijs, S., & Ieven, B. (Eds.) (2022). Vluchtlijnen van de poëzie: Over het werk van Jeroen Mettes. (SEL-reeks; Vol. 16). Academia Press.

4. Introduction: The Acoustic Neo-Avant-Gardes Between Literature and Ra…

   Arteel, I., Bernaerts, L., Bluijs, S., & Verhulst, P. (2021). Introduction: The Acoustic Neo-Avant-Gardes Between Literature and Radio. In Tuning in to the Neo-Avant-Garde: Experimental Radio Plays in the Postwar Period (pp. 1-24). Manchester University Press.

5. Tuning in to the Neo-Avant-Garde - Experimental Radio Plays in the Po…

   Arteel, I., Bernaerts, L., Bluijs, S., & Verhulst, P. (Eds.) (2021). Tuning in to the Neo-Avant-Garde: Experimental Radio Plays in the Postwar Period. Manchester University Press.