Nederlandse Letterkunde - Volume 28, Issue 1, 2023

Abstract This article discusses the Authors’ Protest, organised by a group of Dutch literary writers in 1962-1963 to emphasize the need for governmental support for literature, and relates this protest to the debate on literary autonomy. The article follows Gisèle Sapiro’s proposal to distinguish between autonomy as a feature of the literary field and autonomy as the institutional recognition of professional authorship. Read More

Abstract In this article, we argue that a new conceptual, pedagogical and didactic design is needed to foster the writing skills of Dutch high school students and to enhance their education in the Dutch language and culture. We present the first draft of such a new design, based on the needs of the various stakeholders (teachers, high school students, didactic experts) as well as the opportunities the teaching of writing skills holds Read More