Überbietendes Neuerzählen als Versuch der Vergegenwärtigung des "Wahren"
Subtitle: Überlegungen zur volkssprachlichen Literatur um 1200
By: Alois Wolf
Series: Sitzungsberichte -- 807. Bd.; Sitzungsberichte (Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-Historische Klasse) -- 807. Bd.
Publisher: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Wien
Language: ger
Number of pages: 149
ISBN-13: 9783700168430
Subjects: German literature; History and criticism
Description: "This publication starts from the known fact that medieval narrative literature usually tells what has already been told, changing only more or less minor details, according to special requirements. In analysing a number of representative works from Arthurian and heroic tradition in French and German the author shows that retelling a story could amount to a fundamental change resulting in a new work of literature. This sheds also new light on the problem of literary fiction in the middle ages and might stimulate further discussions."--Amazon.com.