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5.00 credits
30.0 h + 10.0 h
Q2
This learning unit is not being organized during year 2025-2026.
Language
Dutch
Prerequisites
Level B1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages
Main themes
- Reflection on the concept of a "canon” ((especially for the Dutch-language literature); analysis of its historical, cultural, institutional, pedagogical and political foundations;
- Introduction to the history of Dutch-language literature of the 19th and 20th centuries and its contextualization bearing in mind the main cultural, artistic, philosophical, political and social European productions
- Attempt at a synthesis of the major literary productions while confronting the analysis of individual movements; presentation of the main issues addressed, of the genres and channels used, and of literary, cultural and social debates of the period. Compulsory readings of literary texts or excerpts illustrate the subject.
- Deepening of the skills in researching, reading and writing scientific texts in the field of Dutch-language literary studies.
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