Die Faszination von Gewalt: Rezeptionsästhetische Untersuchungen zu aventiurehafter Dietrichepik (Quellen Und Forschungen Zur Literatur- Und Kulturgeschichte) (German Edition)

"In four closely interwoven chapters, this study interprets the texts of one of the longest-lived narrative traditions of the German Middle Ages and attempts a new description of the adventure-filled Dietrich epic from a reception-aesthetic perspective. In doing so, the study gains new insights in the field of narrative constants of the corpus and shows why the texts have enjoyed such long-lived success. The study can also be understood as a test to determine just how 'literally' medieval schematic literature can be taken."--Publisher's website

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.

Die vorliegende Studie interpretiert in vier eng miteinander verzahnten Kapiteln die Texte einer der langlebigsten Erzähltraditionen des deutschen Mittelalters und zielt auf eine Neubeschreibung der aventiurehaften Dietrichepik aus rezeptionsästhetischer Perspektive. Dabei gelangt die Arbeit zu neuen Einsichten im Bereich der narrativen Konstanten des Korpus und zeigt, wie der lang anhaltende Erfolg der Texte zu erklären ist. Die Arbeit lässt sich zugleich als Versuch verstehen auszutesten, wie ‚wörtlich' man mittelalterliche Schemaliteratur eigentlich lesen darf Main description: In four closely interwoven chapters, this study interprets the texts of one of the longest-lived narrative traditions of the German Middle Ages and attempts a new description of the adventure-filled Dietrich epic from a reception-aesthetic perspective. In doing so, the study gains new insights in the field of narrative constants of the corpus and shows why the texts have enjoyed such long-lived success. The study can also be understood as a test to determine just how 'literally' medieval schematic literature can be taken Frontmatter Inhalt Einleitung I. Eckenlied – Der offene Text II. Rosengarten – Die Ordnung der Gewalt III. Aventiurehafte Dietrichepik als Korpus – Gewalt und Gratifikation IV. Laurin – Die diachrone Dimension von Text Backmatter