Dutch-language children's literature
The course provides an overview of general developments in Dutch-language children's literature from the 20th century to the present day. In connection with this, a number of works of fiction are read and important authors are discussed. During the course, children's literature texts are analysed based on central aspects of children's literature research.
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The course is useful for all professions and jobs where advanced knowledge of the Dutch language, Dutch-language literature and the culture of the Dutch-speaking countries, as well as advanced skills in scientific text production are required or a competitive advantage.
This course is taught in Dutch.
This course can be taken as an independent course at advanced level but it is also one of the compulsory courses for students that want to obtain a Master’s Degree (60 credits) in Dutch or a Master’s Degree (120 credits) in Dutch. Read more about our master and courses at advanced level here:
Teaching Format
Instruction is given in the form of lectures and seminars.
The language of instruction is Dutch.
Attendance at all classes is mandatory.
Grading criteria
Assessment
The course is examined on the basis of a written exam and an oral exam.
Examiner
Examiners on the department's courses (in Swedish)
Secondary literature (available online or via the learning platform)
Demeyer, Hans. 2025. ‘Coming-of-age in de witte orde. Witheid, affect en racialisering in de hedendaagse Nederlandstalige letteren’. Nederlandse Letterkunde 30 (1): 63–92. https://doi.org/10.5117/NEDLET2025.1.003.DEME.
Ghesquière, Rita, Vanessa Joosen, and Helma van Lierop-Debrauwer. 2016. Een land van waan en wijs: geschiedenis van de Nederlandse jeugdliteratuur. Amsterdam: Atlas Contact. (ett avsnitt enligt instruktioner från läraren) Online resurs: https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/ghes002land01_01/
Joosen, Vanessa. 2013. ‘The Adult as Foe or Friend?: Childism in Guus Kuijer’s Criticism and Fiction’. International Research in Children’s Literature 6 (2): 205–17. https://doi.org/10.3366/ircl.2013.0099.
Joosen, Vanessa, Helma van Lierop-Debrauwer, Suzanne van der Beek, Sara Van den Bossche, Frauke Pauwels, and Emma-Louise Silva. 2025. Zoeklichten Bij de Studie van Jeugdliteratuur. Tilburg: Tilburg University Press. (certain chapters according to the teacher's instructions) Online resurs: https://tiu.trialanderror.org/projects/zoeklichten-bij-de-studie-van-jeugdliteratuur.
Joosen, Vanessa, and Katrien Vloeberghs. 2008. Uitgelezen jeugdliteratuur: een ontmoeting met traditie en vernieuwing. Leuven: LannooCampus. (certain chapters, published on the learning platform).
Linders, Joke. 2005. ‘Ik ben lekker stout’ De invloed van Annie M.G. Schmidt’. Onze Taal Jaargang 74: 156–57. Online resurs: https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/_taa014200501_01/_taa014200501_01_0115.php
Schoor, Julie van de. 2013. ‘Met één voet in de kinderwereld en de andere in de volwassenwereld Adolescentie in Young Adult literatuur’. Literatuur zonder leeftijd, no. 27. Pp 64-76. Online resurs: https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/_lit004201301_01/_lit004201301_01_0046.php.
Van Coillie, Jan. 2007. Leesbeesten en boekenfeesten: hoe werken (met) kinder- en jeugdboeken? Leuven: Davidsfonds, Infodok. Certain chapters according to the teacher's instructions (published on the learning platform)
Primary literature (books that all students must have are marked with *)
Atangana Bekono, Simone. 2020. Confrontaties. Amsterdam: Lebowski Publishers. (available as e-book )*
Kuijer, Guus. 2004. Het boek van alle dingen. Amsterdam: Querido. (available as e-book and at SUB)*
Ligthart, Jan, Marchien Eising, and C. Jetses. 1989. Het boek van Ot en Sien. 19e dr. With H. Scheepstra. Utrecht: Sijthoff. (a few chapters will be published on the learning platform)
Schmidt, Annie M.G. 1987. ‘Ik ben lekker stout’ in Ziezo. Amsterdam: Querido (published on the learning platform).
Schmidt, Annie M. G., and Fiep Westendorp. 2022. Jip en Janneke. Amsterdam: Querido. Online resurs (fragment inkijkexemplaar) https://www.deslegte.com/jip-en-janneke-174490/
Sollie, André. 2011. Nooit gaat dit over. Amsterdam: Querido. (available as e-book and at SUB)*
Van Alphen, Hiëronymus, and Pieter Jacob Adriaan Maria Buijnsters. 1778/1998. Kleine gedigten voor kinderen. Delta. Athenaeum - Polak & Van Gennep. Online resurs: https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/alph002klei01_01/index.php
Vendel, Edward van de, Anoush Elman, and Annet Schaap. 2023. Misjka. Amsterdam: Querido. (available as e-book)*
Verroen, Dolf, and Veronica Nahmias. 2006. Slaaf kindje slaaf/ Hoe mooi wit ik ben. Rotterdam: Guijs (fragments published on the learning platform).
Study councellor, Dutch
