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Constantijn Huygens (1596-1687), songs and poems: Lesidee
Constantijn Huygens (1596-1689) was not previously placed on a par with other great seventeenth-century poets, such as Hooft and Vondel, but recently it has become clear that Huygens is perhaps the greatest. The many poetic genres he practiced …
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Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, love songs and poems: Lesidee
Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft (1581-1647) was already called the head of Dutch poets in his own time. No one wrote such artificial sonnets and such moving love poems and his songs to well-known melodies were widely sung along. In this learning tool we …
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Joost van den Vondel, poems: Lesidee
Joost van den Vondel (1587-1679) was not called the prince of Dutch poets for nothing, because he excelled in almost all poetic genres.
In this learning tool you will become acquainted with his occasional poetry and his so-called satirical poems. …
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Spanish Brabander by Gerbrand Adriaenszoon Bredero: Lesson idea
The Spanish Brabander is a comedy from 1617 by Gerbrand Adriaensz. Bredero. The play is about the Antwerp Spaniard Jerolimo, who moves to Amsterdam without money and pretends to be a rich man. There is hardly a main action, but the play consists of …
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Bredero, Large songbook: Lesson idea
There are few poets from older Dutch literature whose voice still speaks to us as directly and recognizable as that of Gerbrand Adriaenszoon Bredero.
His Groot Liedboek , a collection of more than two hundred songs and poems, was published in 1522. …
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Antwerp songbook: Lesson idea love songs
The Antwerp Songbook is the oldest and most famous printed book with secular songs from our literature. It belongs to the literary canon, the list of texts considered essential Dutch-language literature by the literary field in Flanders.
The only copy …
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Shakespeare's Sonnets
Shakespeare was not so much known for his plays as for his poetry in his own day. After all, theater was not regarded as art, but as popular entertainment. However, no book of poetry in world literature has created as much ink as Shakespeare's …
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Heldenflix: Workshop
Why are Netflix series so addictive? The answer lies in the earliest adventure novels and how well they have been preserved or not. In an interactive workshop we teach young people from the fourth to sixth year of secondary education to make …
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Eyes that look: Teaching package
Today we live in a visual culture. Young people are continuously confronted with visual information: videos and photos on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok. Images are always present, but how well can young people look and observe? And can they still …
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Text and Audience: Play and speak with microphones
Which microphones are there and how do you recognize them easily? How should you use them and how do you achieve the best result? Discover it together with your students in these lesson sheets.
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Text and audience: Playing with text
In this guide you will find a number of questions that you can ask when you get started with a text.
The interpretation of a text is done in an open mode: the interpretation is fed by the input of the student, who conducts theatrical research as …
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Van den vos Reynaerde: Questions and assignments
Everyone knows the medieval literary superhero Reinaert de Vos. He is regarded as a high-spirited rascal, a sympathetic rascal, a kind of Ulenspiegel among animals.
But is that positive fox image correct? With this performance, aren't we the victims …
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