2004
Volume 141, Issue 3
  • ISSN: 0040-7550
  • E-ISSN: 2212-0521

Abstract

Abstract

This article provides a comparison of happiness discourses in walking stories published in the series 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 – (2023) by Thomas Heerma van Voss, (2020) by Bregje Hofstede and (2021) by Maartje Wortel – and three by non-millennials: (2022) by Stine Jensen, (2022) by Sander Kollaard and (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 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.

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