Department of German and Dutch
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Paper DU A3
Introduction to Dutch 3: Literature and History
There will be four prescribed literary texts, which will change every two or three years. Candidates will be required to write two critical commentaries on extracts from different prescribed texts, and to answer two essay questions. The essay will include Dutch history and literary and cultural topics. The critical commentary questions will each carry 20 marks and the essay questions 30 marks each.
Prescribed texts for 2005-6:
- Louis Couperus - De Stille Kracht
- Willem Elsschot - Kaas
- G. K. van het Reve - De ondergang van de familie Boslowits
- Carl Friedman- Tralievader
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