NLIII_05 Dutch Literature untill 1900

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching
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
Timetable
Thu 12:00–13:40 J.401, except Mon 18. 11. to Sun 24. 11.
Prerequisites
Required minimal level of Dutch: B1.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
In this course, Dutch literature in the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Enlightenment and Romanticism is explored. We work with capita selecta: we discuss a number of canonical texts in their social and cultural-historical context. The students not only become acquainted with a number of important authors, titles and movements, they also learn to analyze and contextualize texts.
Learning outcomes
- Students get acquainted with ​​literary developments in the Low Countries in the Middle Ages, Renaissance, Enlightenment and Romanticism.
- They can place literary tendencies and genres in a historical perspective.
- They can identify and situate canonized authors and titles that were covered during classes.
- They are able to analyze texts (if necessary using modern re-translation).
Syllabus
  • The Middle Ages (part 1) - introduction
  • The Middle Ages (part 2) - songs & chivalric romances
  • The Middle Ages (part 3) - didactic & religious literature
  • The Middle Ages (Part 4) - Literature in the Late Middle Ages
  • The renaissance (part 1) - context & songs of the "Geuzen"
  • The Renaissance (part 2) - travelogues & didactic literature
  • The Renaissance (part 3) - literature in the 17th century (Bredero, Hooft, Vondel & Huygens)
  • The Enlightenment - literary climate & genres (travel literature, children's literature, the epistolary novel, sentimentalism)
  • Romanticism in Flanders - Flemish nationalism; Conscience & Gezelle
  • Romanticism in the Netherlands - poetry and prose
  • Presentations: Karel and Elegast / Reinaert de vos
  • Two guest lectures Kevin Absillis (University of Antwerp)
  • (1) Hendrik Conscience and views on race, slavery and nation in the 19th century
  • (2) The 'white savior' in European imagination (in Max Havelaar and other novels)
Literature
    required literature
  • Reinaert de vos. Edited by Huibrecht Gert Slings. Amsterdam: Amsterdam university press, 1999, 104 s. ISBN 9053562478. info
  • Karel en Elegast. Samengesteld door Hubert Slings. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 1997. 96 s. ISBN 9053562451.
  • P.C. Hooft, Warenar. Geld en liefde in de Gouden Eeuw. Samengesteld door Lia van Gemert en Marijke Meijer Drees. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2007. 96 s. ISBN 9053565558.
  • Multatuli, Max Havelaar. Samengesteld door Peter van Zonneveld. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2010. 95 s. ISBN 9789089642172.
    recommended literature
  • OOSTROM, F. P. van. Stemmen op schrift : geschiedenis van de Nederlandse literatuur vanaf het begin tot 1300. 5. gewijzigde druk. Amsterdam: Bert Bakker, 2006, 640 s. ISBN 9035129644. info
  • OOSTROM, F. P. van. Wereld in woorden : geschiedenis van de Nederlandse literatuur 1300-1400. 3. druk. Amsterdam: Bert Bakker, 2013, 650 s. ISBN 9789035139398. info
  • PLEIJ, Herman. Het gevleugelde woord : geschiedenis van de Nederlandse literatuur 1400-1560. Amsterdam: Bert Bakker, 2007, 863 s. ISBN 9789035130906. info
  • PORTEMAN, K. and Mieke Barbara SMITS-VELDT. Een nieuw vaderland voor de muzen : geschiedenis van de Nederlandse literatuur 1560-1700. Amsterdam: Bert Bakker, 2008, 1053 s. ISBN 9789035130296. info
  • LEEMANS, Inger and G. J. JOHANNES. Worm en donder : geschiedenis van de Nederlandse literatuur 1700-1800: de Republiek. Edited by J. J. Kloek. Amsterdam: Bert Bakker, 2013, 815 s. ISBN 9789035130456. info
  • BERG, W. van den and Piet COUTTENIER. Alles is taal geworden : geschiedenis van de Nederlandse literatuur 1800-1900. Amsterdam: Bert Bakker, 2009, 833 s. ISBN 9789035133594. info
  • KNUVELDER, G. Handboek tot de geschiedenis der Nederlandse letterkunde. 4de druk. 's-Hertogenbosch: L.C.G. Malmberg, 1967. info
    not specified
  • VERSCHAFFEL Tom, De weg naar het binnenland. Geschiedenis van de Nederlandse literatuur 1700-1800: de Zuidelijke Nederlanden. Amsterdam: Bert Bakker, 2017.
  • Wilhelmus en de anderen : Nederlandse liedjes 1500-1700. Edited by Marijke Barend-van Haeften - Louis Peter Grijp - Camerata Trajectina. Amsterdam: Amsterdam university press, 2000, 104 s. ISBN 9053564403. info
  • Jacob van Maerlant. Edited by Ingrid Erica Biesheuvel - F. P. van Oostrom. Amsterdam: Amsterdam university press, 1999, 103 s. ISBN 905356246X. info
  • PORTEGIES, Annette and Ron RIJGHARD. Nederlandse literatuur in een notendop. Edited by René van Stipriaan. Amsterdam: Prometheus, 1999, 131 s. ISBN 905333744X. info
  • De Nederlandse poëzie van de zeventiende en achttiende eeuw in duizend en enige gedichten. Edited by Gerrit Komrij. Amsterdam: Bert Bakker, 1996. ISBN 90-351-0360-2. info
Teaching methods
Homework (preparation texts literatuurgeschiedenis.org, a website with texts about Dutch literary history, and video’s, for instance from the MOOC Middelnederlands (Middle Dutch))
Reading of two books from the Text in Context series
Lectures combined with student-oriented tasks (analysis of texts, two presentations)
Assessment methods
Requirements participation exam:
- Reading of two books from the Text in Context series
- Weekly preparation of texts
- Two presentations
- Attendance (max. two absences) and cooperation
Written exam
Language of instruction
Dutch
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2021, Autumn 2023.
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