Insel, Höhle und Wald sind im 12. Jahrhundert Schauplätze ganz besonderer Jenseitserzählungen. Die Protagonisten betreten auf körperliche, nicht-visionäre Weise das Paradies oder purgatoriale Räume, machen außerweltliche, endzeitliche Erfahrungen und kehren unbeschadet in die Welt zurück. 'Erzählen im Zwischenraum' untersucht die narratologischen Explikationen dieses epistemologischen Problems - diachron, diskurshistorisch, kulturwissenschaftlich.

Katja Weidner, Albert-Ludwigs Universität Freiburg.

In the 12th-century, islands, caves, and forests became settings for extraordinary narratives of the beyond. The protagonists physically occupy the spaces of paradise and purgatory in non-visionary ways, have otherworldly, eschatological experiences, and return to the world unscathed. This work examines narratological interpretations of this epistemological conundrum from diachronic, discourse historical, and cultural studies perspectives.

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Katja Weidner, Albert-Ludwigs Universität Freiburg.

Zusammenfassung

The series "QUELLEN UND FORSCHUNGEN ZUR LITERATUR- UND KULTURGESCHICHTE" (Sources and Research in the History of Literature and Culture), with a rich tradition stretching back to 1874, is an established feature among the renowned publications for German Literary Studies. Edited by Mark-Georg Dehrmann and Christiane Witthöft, the series presents examples of high-quality scholarship examining literary texts in conjunction with historical cultural phenomena, particularly with the other arts. There is an explicit demand for literary studies with a transdisciplinary approach. German literature from the Middle Ages to the present day forms the main focus of the series.

As the historical cultural thrust of the series includes aspects of intercultural experience and national perceptions of the other, Quellen und Forschungen is also open to occasional comparative studies. The publications of the series include monographs, doctoral and professorial theses. Works presented for acceptance in the series are required to display scholarly relevance and excellence in method and presentation.