Self-Criticism, Self-Assessment, and Self-Affirmation: The Case of the (Young) Author in Early Modern Dutch Literature

2019 ◽  
pp. 338-368
Keyword(s):  
Early Modern ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Dutch Literature

Judging Jonson: Ben Jonson's Satirical Self-Defense in Poetaster

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric D. Vivier
Keyword(s):  
Early Modern ◽  
The Self ◽  
John Marston ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Theoretical Understanding ◽  
Self Defense ◽  
Personal Nature ◽  
Intrinsic Feature

This essay argues that Ben Jonson's antagonism with his audience in the comical satires was at least in part related to his translation of the satirist to the theater. Whereas printed satires anticipated and even encouraged the displeasure of their readers, Jonson's comical satires attempt to forestall the potential displeasure of the audience by replacing their judgment of his plays with his own judgment of his plays. When he was accused of arrogance by his fellow playwright John Marston, Jonson put Marston's judgment of Jonson's judgment on trial. This is the central “arraignment” of Poetaster, a play that repudiates Marston's accusation and upholds Jonson's confident self-assessment by demonstrating Jonson's merit. Jonson's satirical self-defense, finally, has implications for our broader theoretical understanding of Early Modern satire. The self-defensiveness of Jonson's satire may be unusually explicit, but it may well be an intrinsic feature of Early Modern satire; so too is the personal nature of Jonson's attack upon Marston much more representative of Early Modern satire than most critics have realized.

scholarly journals Naar een diachrone blik op de verdiensten van Nederlandstalige auteurs

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-26
Author(s):  
Remco Sleiderink ◽  
Helleke van den Braber ◽  
Nina Geerdink ◽  
Laurens Ham
Keyword(s):  
Early Modern ◽  
Literary Studies ◽  
Schematic Model ◽  
Economic Gain ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
Low Countries ◽  
Dutch Literature

Abstract This article argues that it is both important and viable to develop a diachronic perspective on the profits of literary authors in the Low Countries. Up to now, conceptual and theoretical boundaries between different subdisciplines within Dutch literary studies have resulted in a compartmentalized, fragmentary narrative of the economic, social and symbolic profits of literary authors throughout the centuries. On the basis of a survey of the theoretical frameworks dominant in the subdisciplines of medieval, early modern and modern Dutch literature, we highlight the opportunities and difficulties for a diachronic perspective on financial advancement, focusing both on practice and discourse. In addition, we propose a schematic model that tries to overcome the difficulties and enables us to profit from the opportunities. This proposal allows for a sharper focus on both the practice of and discourse on literary authors’ economic gain from a diachronic perspective.

scholarly journals “[…] Non urbs, tamen urbibus ipsa major.” The Image of The Hague in the Dutch Literature and Art of the 17th and 18th Century

Werkwinkel ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 37-66
Author(s):  
Marcin Polkowski
Keyword(s):  
Early Modern ◽  
18Th Century ◽  
Historical Geography ◽  
Early Modern Period ◽  
Modern Period ◽  
Northern Renaissance ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Hague ◽  
Dutch Literature

Abstract Although in the early-modern period The Hague was not officially a city, its identity was based on specifically urban features. During the 17th and 18th century, its ambiguous status was explored by the authors of verse urban encomia and prose descriptiones urbium. In this article, the presentation of The Hague will be first discussed on the example of Caspar Barlaeus’ Latin poem “Haga”, and Constantijn Huygens’ Dutch encomium “’s Gravenhage” from the Dorpen [Villages] cycle of epigrams. Then, the image of The Hague will be examined in the context of an allegorical representation by Jan Caspar Philips in Jacob de Riemer’s Beschryving van ‘s Graven-hage [Description of The Hague, 1730]. The concluding remarks address the question of how the transformation of the status of The Hague undertaken by these writers and artists may be understood in the context of the literary-historical geography of the Northern Renaissance which has been a special subject of research by Professor Andrzej Borowski.

scholarly journals Branding Books Across the Ages

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Early Modern ◽  
Early Modern Period ◽  
Literary Studies ◽  
Literary Field ◽  
Marketing Process ◽  
Modern Period ◽  
Academic Discussion ◽  
Dutch Literature

As marketing specialists know all too well, our experience of products is prefigured by brands: trademarks that identify a product and differentiate it from its competitors. This process of branding has hitherto gained little academic discussion in the field of literary studies. Literary authors and the texts they produce, though, are constantly 'branded': from the early modern period onwards, they have been both the object and the initiator of a complex marketing process. This book analyzes this branding process throughout the centuries, focusing on the case of the Netherlands. To what extent is our experience of Dutch literature prefigured by brands, and what role does branding play when introducing European authors in the Dutch literary field (or vice versa)? By answering these questions, the volume seeks to show how literary scholars can account for the phenomenon of branding.

scholarly journals Speelgoed van de slager: slachtdieren en kinderspel in de vroegmoderne Nederlandse literatuur

2017 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
pp. 33-65
Author(s):  
Joanna Kozikowska
Keyword(s):  
Early Modern ◽  
Early Modern Period ◽  
Natural World ◽  
Social Perceptions ◽  
Cultural Representations ◽  
Body Parts ◽  
Modern Approach ◽  
Animal Body ◽  
Reading Methods ◽  
Dutch Literature

Toys of the Butcher: Slaughter Animals and Children’s Play in Early Mod-ern Dutch LiteratureThis article discusses cultural representations of slaughter animals from the early modern period, setting them against the post-modern approach to animals. The point of departure constitutes a con­temporary story about a girl eating the heart of a deer, which she has shot. Then the author moves on to a discussion of the poem ‘Kinder-spel’ 1618/1625 by the seventeenth-century Dutch poet Jacob Cats and focuses on the socio-cultural notions of humans and animals which these two texts present. When discussing the poem, the author elaborates on the symbolic meaning of two situations where children play with animal body parts — a game of knucklebones and playing with an inflated bladder. The interpretation of Cats’ text shows that the stereotypical social perceptions of slaughter animals which can be found in the early modern Dutch literature are in fact meant to offer a certain view on humans, by which their domination over the natural world and exploitation of animals is justified. The methodologies applied in this study involve the so-called ‘activist ecocriticism’ and the New Historicism, both being the reading methods, which emphasize the topicality of historical research. By placing Cats’ texts in a broad context, it is shown that the motif of children playing with animal body parts refers to early modern polemics about such issues as the relationship between the human and animal, the tension between culture and nature, as well as children and upbringing models.

Outcomes: Promoting Reflective Practice Using Performance Indicator Questionnaires

2010 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 64-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Pat McCarthy
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Education ◽  
Performance Indicator ◽  
Clinical Skills ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Clinical Practicum ◽  
Self Reflection ◽  
Healthcare Settings ◽  
Language Pathology ◽  
Traditional Performance ◽  
The University

This article details the process of self-reflection applied to the use of traditional performance indicator questionnaires. The study followed eight speech-language pathology graduate students enrolled in clinical practicum in the university, school, and healthcare settings over a period of two semesters. Results indicated when reflection was focused on students' own clinical skills, modifications to practice were implemented. Results further concluded self-assessment using performance indicators paired with written reflections can be a viable form of instruction in clinical education.

Students Involvement in Multilingual and Multicultural Community Services

2015 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 77-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ying-Chiao Tsao
Keyword(s):  
Service Learning ◽  
Cultural Competence ◽  
Linguistically Diverse ◽  
Community Services ◽  
Cultural Humility ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Multicultural Community ◽  
Raising Awareness ◽  
Hands On ◽  
Teaching Learning

Promoting cultural competence in serving diverse clients has become critically important across disciplines. Yet, progress has been limited in raising awareness and sensitivity. Tervalon and Murray-Garcia (1998) believed that cultural competence can only be truly achieved through critical self-assessment, recognition of limits, and ongoing acquisition of knowledge (known as “cultural humility”). Teaching cultural humility, and the value associated with it remains a challenging task for many educators. Challenges inherent in such instruction stem from lack of resources/known strategies as well as learner and instructor readiness. Kirk (2007) further indicates that providing feedback on one's integrity could be threatening. In current study, both traditional classroom-based teaching pedagogy and hands-on community engagement were reviewed. To bridge a gap between academic teaching/learning and real world situations, the author proposed service learning as a means to teach cultural humility and empower students with confidence in serving clients from culturally/linguistically diverse backgrounds. To provide a class of 51 students with multicultural and multilingual community service experience, the author partnered with the Tzu-Chi Foundation (an international nonprofit organization). In this article, the results, strengths, and limitations of this service learning project are discussed.

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