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Novels in the classroom: Book tips per language
An overview of novels in different languages. Here you will find titles of books in the following languages:
- French,
- English,
- German,
- Spanish,
- Russian,
- Italian,
- Turkish.
The list was drawn up by the language teachers of the Department of …
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Hebban olla vogala, pen trial or the beginning of Dutch literature: Lesidee
The pen proof from Oxford is not the oldest Dutch text fragment that we know, but it is the oldest piece of poetry in our language. In this resource, students will discover the poetic features of this phrase and some of the many interpretations …
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Harry Mulisch, The attack: Teaching idea
The attack is the best-known novel by the Dutch writer Harry Mulisch, which was published in 1982. The book belongs to the canon of post-war Dutch literature.
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Maurice Gilliams, Elias or the fight with the nightingales: Teaching idea
This lesson bundle examines the work of poet and novelist Maurice Gilliams (1900-1982). He made his debut with poetry collections printed by himself. His novel Elias or the Fight with the Nightingales (1936) is the story about a twelve-year-old boy …
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Anton van Wilderode: Lesson idea
In this learning tool, the students become acquainted with the theme and stylistic characteristics of Anton van Wilderode's poetry through ten poems. In 2023 it will be twenty-five years ago that Anton van Wilderode (1918-1998) passed away. …
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Anna Bijns (1493-1575), Choruses: Lesson idea
Anna Bijns (1493-1575) is known as the first feminist writer in our literature. She wrote choruses, the rhetoricians' favorite form of poetry, but she could not become a member of a chamber of rhetoric because she was a woman. She dealt with two …
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Elckerlijc, a fifteenth-century play: Lesidee
What do you do if you are suddenly told that you are going to die very soon? The fifteenth-century play Elckerlijc , which literally means 'everyone', aims to answer that question. The full title is Den Spyeghel der Salicheyt van Elckerlijc. How that …
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Ida Gerhardt (1905-1997), Collected poems: Lesson idea
Ida Gerhardt (1905-1997) studied classical languages and became a secondary school teacher. According to many critics, she was the greatest 20th-century poet in our language area. The main themes of her work are nature, love and religion. Her …
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Reinout van Montalbaen and the history of the Four Heemskinderen: Lesson
A Ros Beiaardommegang is held in Dendermonde every ten years, which has been recognized by the UNESCO as an intangible world heritage site. It depicts the story of the Four Heemskinderen, who are constantly at loggerheads with their uncle …
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Hadewijch, Songs: Lesson Suggestion
Beguinages emerged throughout Western Europe around the end of the eleventh and beginning of the twelfth century. These beguinages were inhabited by communities of religious women who wanted to keep their personal belongings and therefore did not …
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Lucebert (1924-1994), Collected poems: Lesson idea
Lucebert, pseudonym of Lubertus Jacobus Swaanswijk (1924-1994), was the Emperor of the Vijftigers or Experimentals, the poets who brought innovation to Dutch poetry after the Second World War.
The so-called Movement of Fifty (1949-1954) attempted to …
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Martinus Nijhoff (1894-1953), Collected poems: Lesson idea
Martinus Nijhoff (1894-1953) wrote essays, plays, librettos and translations. But he was first and foremost a modernist poet, who expressed universal feelings and thoughts in classical but simple verse in parlando style. His poems belong to the …
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