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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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Literature Museum: Online Teaching Packages, Writers Gallery & More
Literature lover? Read more about your favorite authors and books and wander among writers and stories in the Literature Museum.
In addition to a visit to the museum on site, the Literature Museum also offers online teaching packages . With the …Translated by
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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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J.C. Bloem, Collected poems: Lesson idea
JC Bloem (1887-1966) is the poet of desire. He has expressed the failure of every life and the transience of everything in simple and timeless poems. His work can be called classic in every respect. The way he expressed these eternal themes, they …
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Gerrit Achterberg (1905-1962), Collected poems: Lesson idea
Gerrit Achterberg (1905-1962) was in many ways an eminently modern poet. It is not without reason that he was regarded as their most important precursor by the Vijftigers, who came to power after the Second World War.
The main theme of his poetry is …
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M. Vasalis (1909-1998), Collected poems: Lesson idea
M. Vasalis is the pseudonym of Margaretha Droogleever Fortuyn-Leenmans, (1909-1998). Vasalis is the Latin translation of her surname Leenmans (of the vassal). The M does not stand for Mary as is sometimes wrongly thought. The poet initially wanted to …
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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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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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