Course: Dutch Literature III

ECTS credits: 3

Language: Dutch

Duration: one semester

Status: obligatory

Course type: 2 hours of lecture

Course description: The course offers students an overview of contemporary Dutch and Flemish literature in the period from 1975 to 2005. 

Learning outcomes: Students will be able to: summarize the main features of the Dutch prose after the Second World War, define the main features of the flamenco prose after the Second World War, recognise main writers and their relevant works in the second half of the 20th century, compare and distinguish the most important literary features in the work of studied writers, critically evaluate the contribution of certain literary works and writers to a given literary period. 

Teaching methods: lectures, PowerPoint presentations, short films, Omega 

Literature: A. Mandatory: J. Bernlef: Hersenschimmen - Tim Krabbé: Het gouden ei - Frans Kellendonk: Mystiek lichaam - Ronald Giphart: Ik ook van jou - Geert Mak: Hoe God verdween uit Jorwerd - Hafid Bouazza: Een beer in bontjas. - - B. Supplementary: H. Brems: Altijd weer vogels die nesten beginnen. Geschiedenis van de Nederlandse literatuur 1945-2005. Amsterdam: Uitgeverij Bert Bakker, 2009. - J. Gera & A. Sneller: Inleiding literatuurgeschiedenis voor de internationale neerlandistiek. Hilversum: Uitgeverij Verloren, 2010. - T. Vaessens: Geschiedenis van de moderne Nederlandse literatuur. Amsterdam: Vantilt, 2013. - P. Calis: Onze literatuur vanaf 1916, Meulenhoff Educatief, 1985. 

Evaluation Methods and Grading: class attendance, written exam, oral exam