Literatur aus Belgien im Fremdsprachenunterricht. Interkulturelle Kompetenzen, Empathie und kritische Distanz in niederländischsprachigen Graphic Novels am Beispiel von Judith Vanistendael [Literature from Belgium in Foreign Language Didactics. Intercultural Competences, Empathy and Critical Distance in Dutch-language Graphic Novels by the example of Judith Vanistendael]

Missinne, Lut; Vanasten, Stephanie

Abstract

By the example of Judith van Istendael’s De maagd en de neger (2007) in this article we explore from an interdisciplinary literary point of view the involvement of graphic novels in foreign language education as a way of integrating reading and multimedia skills and of introducing complex socio-cultural phenomena in the classroom through emotional and cognitive empathic engagement.