Refine
Document Type
- Article (4)
- Postprint (2)
- Doctoral Thesis (1)
- Review (1)
Language
- German (8)
Institute
In older research literature, the prose epics emerging from the court of Elisabeth of Lorraine and Nassau-Saarbrücken have repeatedly been accused of lacking structure and literariness. By contrast, this article shows that narrative principles of seriality generate the complex structure of the voluminous ›Loher und Maller‹: literary strategies of repetition and variation organize the text on different levels. Recurring narrative structures, thematic constellations and motivations as well as lexical stereotypes are part of this comprehensive principle of seriality. Not triviality and insufficiency, but structural and narrative complexity and lexical accumulation of significance characterize ›Loher und Maller‹.
Die Geschichte von Amicus und Amelius wurde vom späten 11. Jahrhundert an bis über das Spätmittelalter hinaus in vielen europäischen Sprachen und unterschiedlichen Gattungen erzählt. Im Zentrum des Geschehens stehen jeweils zwei Freunde, die einander zum Verwechseln ähneln. Ihre intensive Bindung behauptet sich gegen alle anderen sozialen Anforderungen und Verhaltensregeln. Die Studie arbeitet die gemeinsame narrative Grundstruktur sowie Differenzen der mittelalterlichen Bearbeitungen heraus, wobei der Zusammenhang von Freundschaft, Gewalt und Identität im Mittelpunkt steht.
Narration in the late middle ages seriality and complexity in the epic prose "Loher and Maller"
(2012)
In older research literature, the prose epics emerging from the court of Elisabeth of Lorraine and Nassau-Saarbrücken have repeatedly been accused of lacking structure and literariness. By contrast, this article shows that narrative principles of seriality generate the complex structure of the voluminous ›Loher und Maller‹: literary strategies of repetition and variation organize the text on different levels. Recurring narrative structures, thematic constellations and motivations as well as lexical stereotypes are part of this comprehensive principle of seriality. Not triviality and insufficiency, but structural and narrative complexity and lexical accumulation of significance characterize ›Loher und Maller‹.