FF:NIDCC03_07 Poetry - Course Information

NIDCC03_07 Dutch and Flemish Poetry after 1945

Extent and Intensity

1/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Sofie Rose-Anne W. Royeaerd, M.A. (lecturer)
Mgr. Marta Kostelecká, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

Mgr. Sofie Rose-Anne W. Royeaerd, M.A.
Department of German, Scandinavian and Netherland Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Marta Kostelecká, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of German, Scandinavian and Netherland Studies – Faculty of Arts

Prerequisites

A good knowledge of Dutch (at least level B1+) is required to follow this course.

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

there are 6 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

This course focuses on Dutch-language poetry from the second half of the twentieth century to the present day. In each module, a movement (for example the Vijftigers) or phenomenon (for example the manifestation “Poëzie in Carré”) is highlighted and explored in depth. In addition, tools are provided to analyze poetry. In this way, students not only become acquainted with poets and poems from the Netherlands and Flanders, but also learn to substantiate their interpretation with arguments, while correctly using the appropriate literary terms.

Learning outcomes

After completing this course
- students have an overview of movements and tendencies in the post-war poetry landscape of the Netherlands and Flanders
- and are they able to situate them in a cultural-historical context
- they got acquainted with canonized and contemporary Dutch and Flemish poets and poems
- and have gained insight into mechanisms in the literary field (e.g. the role of literary magazines)
- students were introduced to different literary approaches to analyze poetry
- they know relevant literary terms and conventions
- students have learned to read and analyze poems
- and to substantiate their interpretation with arguments

Syllabus

• 1. The Text Analyzed [+ basic terms & conventions & rhyme]
• 2. The “Vijftigers” [+ poems & meter]
• 3. “Tijd en Mens” & “Gard Sivik” [+ poetry on the literary field – Instagram poetry]
• 4. Neorealism in the Netherlands [+ readymades, reading attitude & useful language tools for poetry analysis]
• 5. “Poëzie in Carré” [+ poetry & performance – spoken word]
• 6. New Realism & Neo-Romanticism in Flanders [+ the enjambment]
• 7. The Pink Poets [+ linguistic deviations & widely known verses]
• 8. Neo-romanticism in the Netherlands [+ parody in poetry]
• 9. Postmodern Poetry in Flanders [+ intertextuality in poetry]
• 10. Postmodern Poetry in the Netherlands [+ intermediality in poetry]
• 11. Trends in Contemporary Poetry [+ poetry outside the book – street poetry]
• 12. Poetry in the Multicultural Society [+ multilingualism in poetry]

Literature

• G. Buelens, Oneigenlijk gebruik: over de betekenis van poëzie, Nijmegen, 2008.
• Ernst van Alphen, Lizet Duyvendak, Maaike Meijer & Ben Peperkamp, Op poëtische wijze. Handleiding voor het lezen van poëzie. Coutinho, Bussum, 2018. (eerste druk 1996)
• Yra van Dijk, Maarten de Pourcq & Carl de Strycker, Draden in het donker. Intertekstualiteit in theorie en praktijk. Vantilt, Nijmegen, 2013.
• Thomas Vaessens, Ongerijmd succes. Poëzie in een onpoëtische tijd. Nijmegen, 2006.
• J. Joosten en T. Vaessens, Postmoderne poëzie in Nederland en Vlaanderen, [Nijmegen], 2003.
• Jaap Goedegebuure, Nederlandse literatuur 1960–1988, Amsterdam 1989.
• BREMS, Hugo. Altijd weer vogels die nesten beginnen : geschiedenis van de Nederlandse literatuur 1945-2005. Amsterdam: Bert Bakker, 2006, 792 s. ISBN 9035129458. info
• BUELENS, Geert. Van Ostaijen tot heden : zijn invloed op de Vlaamse poëzie. 2e druk. Antwerpen: Vantilt, 2001, 507 s. ISBN 907569735X. info

Teaching methods

E-learning course with reading and listening assignments, exercises (multiple choice questions, interactive videos,...) and tests with direct feedback, forum and essay assignments with feedback from the teacher.

Assessment methods

The course consists of twelve modules. Each module is divided into two digital books with interactive exercises. The students go through it and are given a quiz to test their knowledge. In addition, they also receive a few tasks per module (reading or listening tasks, forum assignments and/or short essays).
For each module, students can earn 15 points for these tasks and the test. In total they can get 180 points. The pass rate is 60% (108/180).
Students receive automatic feedback for exercises and tests with multiple choice and short fill-in questions. For forum assignments, they receive feedback from the teacher and possibly peer feedback. They create a portfolio with short essay assignments, which are regularly evaluated by the teacher.

Language of instruction

Dutch

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
General note: předmět probíhá formou e-learningu.
Information on course enrolment limitations: přednost mají studenti oboru DCC, další budou doplněni, pokud budou místa

Teacher's information

https://moodle.taalunie.org/course/view.php?id=17
The e-learning course was created in 2007-2009 by Martina Loučková and Sofie Royeaerd from Masaryk University and thoroughly revised by the second author in 2021-2022. The course can be found on the Moodle platform of the Dutch Language Union.

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