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Lecturer(s)
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van den Berg Hubert François, prof.
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Course content
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The course discusses the main features of modern Dutch and Flemish literature from 1945 to the present. The whole period consists of about three stages: (a) the first postwar period until the 1960s; (b) the period from the 1970s to the end of the millennium and (c) the beginning of the 21st century. Course harmonogram: Week 1) Main period 1940-to date, overview; Week 2) World War II; Week 3) "littérature noire" and existentialism; Week 4) Experimental Poetry of the "Fifties"; Week 5) The "Sixties" between avant-garde and neorealism; Week 6) The Wild 60s; Week 7) Engagement, secularization and feminist literature in the 1960s and 1970s; Week 8) Narrators of the generation of "Seventies" and a return to conventional forms in poetry; Week 9) "Academism" and Post Modernism; Week 10) "Generation Nix"; Week 11) "non-fiction", travel literature and new historism; 12th week) new trends in the new millennium; Week 13) Course summary. Note: For practical reasons, the teacher teaches the course in 6 larger blocks.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming)
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Learning outcomes
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The course discusses the main features of modern Dutch and Flemish literature from 1945 to the present. The whole period consists of about three stages: (a) the first postwar period until the 1960s; (b) the period from the 1970s to the end of the millennium and (c) the beginning of the 21st century. The aim of the course is to gain knowledge and understanding of the Dutch and Flemish literary canon.
Improving and acquiring knowledge from modern Dutch and Flemish literature.
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Prerequisites
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Knowledge from the introductory course of Dutch and Flemish literature of the first year and from the previous course of the winter semester of the third year.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Student performance, Seminar Work
Active participation in lessons. Reading and analysis of 5 works of the discussed period. Homework and preparation of papers.
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Recommended literature
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E. van Boven & M. Kemperink. (2006). Literatuur van de Moderne Tijd. Nederlandse en Vlaamse letterkunde in de 19e en 20e eeuw. Bussum.
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H. Brems. (2009). Altijd weer vogels die nesten beginnen. Geschiedenis van de Nederlandse literatuur 7 (1945-2005).. Amsterdam.
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J. Dera, S. Posman & K. van der Starre. (2016). Dichters van het nieuwe millennium. Nederlandse en Vlaamse poëzie in de 21e eeuw.. Nijmegen.
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Th. Vaessens. (2013). Geschiedenis van de moderne Nederlandse literatuur. Nijmegen.
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W. Brands. (2015). Nederlandse literatuur van de 21e eeuw. De nieuwe schrijvers van het nieuwe millennium.. Amsterdam.
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W. Engelbrecht a kol. (2015). Dějiny nizozemské a vlámské literatury. Praha.
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