Dutch-language literature
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| - | :currently in rotation: ''[[De warachtighe fabulen der dieren]]'' | + | '''Dutch-language literature''' comprises all writings of [[literature|literary merit]] written [[history of Dutch|through the ages]] in the [[Dutch language]], a language which currently has around 23 million native speakers. Dutch-language literature is the produce of [[Netherlands]], [[Belgium]], [[Suriname]], the [[Netherlands Antilles]] and of formerly Dutch-speaking regions, such as [[French Flanders]], [[South Africa]], and [[Indonesia]]. The [[Dutch East Indies]], as Indonesia was called under Dutch colonization, spawned a [[Dutch Indies literature|separate subsection]] in Dutch-language literature. |
| - | Similar to other literary traditions '''Dutch literature''' is not restricted to the [[Netherlands]] alone. [[Dutch language|Dutch-language]] [[author]]s do not necessarily have to be from the Netherlands, as Dutch [[literature]] is or was also produced in other Dutch-speaking regions, such as [[Belgium]], [[Suriname]], the [[Netherlands Antilles]], [[French Flanders]] and the former [[Dutch East Indies]] (present-day [[Indonesia]]). In its earliest stages, Dutch literature is defined as those pieces of literary merit written in one of the Dutch dialects of the [[Low Countries]]. Before the [[seventeenth century]], there was no unified standard language; the dialects that are considered Dutch diverged evolved from [[Old Frankish]] around the 5th century. | + | |
| - | ==The Twentieth Century== | + | |
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| - | As in the rest of [[Europe]], [[the Netherlands]] of the nineteenth century effectively continued unchanged until [[World War I]] (1914–1918). Belgium was invaded by the [[German Empire]] and the Netherlands faced severe [[recession|economic difficulties]] due to its policy of [[Neutral country|neutrality]] and consequent political isolation, wedged as it was between the two warring sides. | + | |
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| - | Both the Belgian and Dutch societies emerged from the war [[pillarisation|pillarised]], meaning that each of the main religious and ideological movements (Protestant, Catholic, Socialist and Liberal) stood independent of the rest, each operating its own newspapers, magazines, schools, broadcasting organizations and so on in a form of self-imposed, non-racial [[segregation]]. This in turn affected literary movements, as writers gathered around the literary magazines of each of the four "pillars" (limited to three in Belgium, as Protestantism never took root there). | + | |
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| - | * [[Hendrik Marsman]] | + | |
| - | * [[Ferdinand Bordewijk]] | + | |
| - | * [[Willem Elsschot]] | + | |
| - | * [[Adriaan Roland Holst]] | + | |
| - | * [[J. van Oudshoorn]] | + | |
| - | * [[Arthur van Schendel]] | + | |
| - | * [[J. Slauerhoff]] | + | |
| - | * [[Hendrik de Vries]] | + | |
| - | * [[Simon Vestdijk]] | + | |
| - | * [[Menno ter Braak]] | + | |
| - | * [[E. du Perron]] | + | |
| - | * [[Jan Campert]] | + | |
| - | * [[Jacobus van Looy]] | + | |
| - | * [[Nescio]] | + | |
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| - | ===Modern Times (1945–present)=== | + | |
| - | [[Vijftigers]], [[Hans Lodeizen]], [[Lucebert]], [[Jules Deelder]], [[J.Bernlef]], [[Remco Campert]], [[Hella S. Haasse]], [[M. Vasalis]], [[Leo Vroman]], [[Harry Mulisch]], [[Willem Frederik Hermans]], [[Gerard Reve]], [[Jan Wolkers]], [[Rudy Kousbroek]], [[Cees Nooteboom]], [[Maarten 't Hart]], [[A.F.Th. van der Heijden]], [[Rutger Kopland]], [[H.H. ter Balkt]], [[Gerrit Krol]], [[Gerrit Komrij]], [[Connie Palmen]], [[Geert Mak]], [[J.J. Voskuil]] | + | |
| == See also == | == See also == | ||
| + | * [[Afrikaans literature]] | ||
| + | * [[Belgian literature]] | ||
| + | * [[Canon of Dutch Literature]] | ||
| + | *[[Nineteenth-century Dutch literature]] | ||
| + | *[[Twentieth century Dutch literature]] | ||
| + | *[[Leugenliteratuur]] | ||
| *[[List of Dutch writers]] | *[[List of Dutch writers]] | ||
| *[[Dutch language literature]] | *[[Dutch language literature]] | ||
| - | *[[Dutch language]] | + | * [[Dutch folklore]] |
| + | * [[Dutch Indies literature]] | ||
| *[[Flemish literature]] | *[[Flemish literature]] | ||
| + | * [[List of Dutch language writers]] | ||
| *[[Tachtigers]] | *[[Tachtigers]] | ||
| + | * [[Flemish literature]] | ||
| == Canon == | == Canon == | ||
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Dutch-language literature comprises all writings of literary merit written through the ages in the Dutch language, a language which currently has around 23 million native speakers. Dutch-language literature is the produce of Netherlands, Belgium, Suriname, the Netherlands Antilles and of formerly Dutch-speaking regions, such as French Flanders, South Africa, and Indonesia. The Dutch East Indies, as Indonesia was called under Dutch colonization, spawned a separate subsection in Dutch-language literature.
See also
- Afrikaans literature
- Belgian literature
- Canon of Dutch Literature
- Nineteenth-century Dutch literature
- Twentieth century Dutch literature
- Leugenliteratuur
- List of Dutch writers
- Dutch language literature
- Dutch folklore
- Dutch Indies literature
- Flemish literature
- List of Dutch language writers
- Tachtigers
- Flemish literature
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