@article{aup:/content/journals/10.5117/TNTL2022.2.002.BERN, author = "Bernaerts, Lars", title = "Totaalpakketten", journal= "Tijdschrift voor Nederlandse Taal- en Letterkunde", year = "2022", volume = "138", number = "2", pages = "130-156", doi = "https://doi.org/10.5117/TNTL2022.2.002.BERN", url = "https://www.aup-online.com/content/journals/10.5117/TNTL2022.2.002.BERN", publisher = "Amsterdam University Press", issn = "2212-0521", type = "Journal Article", keywords = "cycles", keywords = "poetics", keywords = "narratology", keywords = "the novel", keywords = "literary history", abstract = "Abstract The novelistic cycle is an important literary form in its epic ambition to capture the totality of a historical period, a family, or an individual experiential world. In Dutch literary history, it constitutes a strong tradition, with examples such as S. Vestdijk’s Anton Wachter and Van der Heijden’s Tandeloze Tijd. This article develops a framework for the study of the novelistic cycle and illustrates its richness in Dutch literary history, focusing on the discourse surrounding it and on its core features: part-whole relationships, the return of characters, temporal organization and cyclical structures.", }