TNTL 112

René Marres

Slauerhoffs 'Larrios' en 'Het eind van het lied'. Zoeken met en zonder einde

Abstract - The author analyses two famous stories of the poet and novelist Jan Slauerhoff, 'The end of the song', and, especially, 'Larrios'. He argues, against W.J. Lukkenaer and L.J.E. Fessard, that 'Larrios' is not a moralising story and not about woman in general. It is a romantic dream about various women, almost all prostitutes, which the protagonist wants to save from misery. His imagination dictates the meaning of what is happening and his final disillusionment. The mysterious 'The end of the song' is apparently about the search for a woman with whom the protagonist seeks reunion in death.