Literarische Ordnungen im Mittelalter zwischen Wissen und Mythos

Courtly mythologies and courtly knowledge orders are the central issues in this volume that brings together contributions from two colloquia held by the International Courtly Literature Society (ICLS). The main focus of the articles lies on mythical legitimization of power and of courtly ethics, on mythical principles of narration and on the distribution as well as hierachization of knowledge in and about texts. The volume presents examinations of a wide range of texts from Wigalois and Herzog Ernst to Mauritius von Craun, also taking into consideration the Alexander romances, the late medieval romances on love and adventure and the French Chevalier au Papegau. In the context of the current research focus on myth and knowlegde, the articles work towards new access to some of the major texts of medieval literature.

Autorentext

Prof. Dr. Hans-Jochen Schiewer lehrt ältere deutsche Literatur und Sprache und ist Rektor der Universität Freiburg i. Br.

PD Dr. Stefan Seeber ist akademischer Rat a.Z. am Deutschen Seminar der Universität Freiburg.

Prof. Dr. Hans-Jochen Schiewer lehrt ältere deutsche Literatur und Sprache und ist Rektor der Universität Freiburg i. Br.

PD Dr. Stefan Seeber ist akademischer Rat a.Z. am Deutschen Seminar der Universität Freiburg.

Leseprobe
This volume comprises contributions by Martin Baisch, who discusses the theme of curiosity in Wolfram (von Eschenbach?)'s "Parzival", as well as by Anna Mühlherr, who studies the female characters in "Parzival" and also in the Eneas romance and Hartmann's Arthurian epics from the point of view of scholarliness and magic. Further contributions are by Sandra Linden on the tests of virtue in the Arthurian romance and by Christine Putzo, who examines "Mauritius von Craun" with respect to the narrative configuration of the paradoxe amoureux.The volume is a continuation of the series "Encomia Deutsch", edited by the Chair of the German Section of the International Courtly Literature Society (ICLS). It comprises contributions from the ICLS Workshop held at Freiburg in 2006, but also includes a selection of lectures from the 12th International Congress of the ICLS at Lausanne and Geneva in 2007.