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Lecturer(s)
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Engelbrecht Wilken, prof. Dr. cand. litt.
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Course content
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An overview of all major developments in the Dutch language, from Old Dutch via Middlel Dutch to contemporary Dutch. Course schedule: 1) Introduction. Periodization; Old-Dutch. Utrecht's Baptismal Promise, Wachtendon's Psalms, Willeram; 2) Hendrik van Veldeke and the beginnings of the Middle Ages; 3) Medieval Dutch in Flanders and Brabant. Jacob van Maerlant; 4) Formation of literary language in the Burgundian period. Modern devotion. The so-called Great Privilege; 5) The period of the rhetoric chambers. First prints. The Delft bible; 6) The role of language in the anti-Habsburg uprising. The Dutch confession of faith; 7) The struggle for identity in the Republic of United Provinces and the preservation of the status quo in the South. Language debates. P. C. Hooft. J. van den Vondel. The State translation of the Bible; 8) The time of great grammars in the North. Ch. van Heule. Lambert ten Kate. David van Hoogstraten; 9) Fight for survival. Dutch in the Southern Netherlands. Jan-Baptist Verlooy. Jan des Roches and the first orthography. 10) First codification. Matthias Siegenbeek. Lambert te Winkel and Matthijs de Vries. 11) The Flemish Movement. Jan-Frans Willems. 12) Algemeen Beschaafd Nederlands. Roeland Kollewijn. 13) Modern times. Poldernederlands. Verkavelingsvlaams.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming)
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Learning outcomes
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On the base of several important textual examples the historical development of Dutch as a written and spoken language is explained, beginning with the oldest phase of Dutch (Wachtendonkse psalmen) till present language. At the edn of the course students must write an essay on a choosen theme from the history of Dutch language.
Knowledge of the development phases of Dutch and a better understanding of the present situation of Dutch language and its variants.
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Prerequisites
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Basic knowledge of Dutch (subjects NIZ/1JCV1, 1JCV2, 2JCV1, 2JCV2), ability to speak and understand Dutch at the CEFR level B1 till B2. Presence in the lessons (max. absence twice during the term).
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Seminar Work
Active participation in the course. Absence twice per semester is allowed. Reading of exemplary texts, seminar paper
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Recommended literature
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Cor van Bree. (1987). Historische grammatica van het Nederlands. Dordrecht.
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Marijke van der Wal & Cor van Bree. (1992). Geschiedenis van het Nederlands. Utrecht.
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M.C. van den Toorn, W.J.J. Pijnenburg, J.A. van Leuvensteijn a J.M. van der Horst. (1997). Geschiedenis van de Nederlandse taal. Amsterdam.
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Nicoline van der Sijs. (2006). Calendarium van de Nederlandse taal. De geschiedenis van het Nederlands in jaartallen. Den Haag.
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Nicoline van der Sijs. (2004). Taal als mensenwerk. Het ontstaan van het ABN. Den Haag.
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Norbert Morciniec. (2017). Historia jezyka niderlandzkiego. Wroclaw.
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Roland Willemyn. (2013). Dutch. Biography of a Language. Oxford.
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Roland Willemyns & Wim Daniëls. (2003). Het verhaal van het Vlaams. De geschiedenis van het Nederlands in de Zuidelijke Nederlanden. Antwerpen & Utrecht.
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