93161 - Dutch Literature 3

Academic Year 2024/2025

Learning outcomes

By the end of the course students will have gained a good knowledge of contemporary Dutch literature and culture.

Course contents

Literature and migration in contemporary Dutch culture.

Readings/Bibliography

Th. D'haen, Dutch and Flemish Literature as World Literature, Bloomsbury, New York 2019.

Th. Hermans (ed.), Literature from the Low Countries, Camden House, New York 2009.

A. Erll, Memory in Culture, Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. 

K. Brillenburg Wurth, A. Rigney, The Life of Texts. An Introduction to Literary Studies, Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam 2019.

Teaching methods

Students will write a paper and present it orally at the end of the semester.

Assessment methods

Oral presentation, written paper and oral exam.

Office hours

See the website of Marco Prandoni

SDGs

Reduced inequalities

This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.