Die vor wenigen Jahren im Stift Zwettl entdeckten Textfragmente bezeugen die Existenz eines mitte... more Die vor wenigen Jahren im Stift Zwettl entdeckten Textfragmente bezeugen die Existenz eines mitteldeutschen ›Erec‹-Romans, der offenkundig unabhängig von Hartmanns ›Erec‹ entstanden ist. Ältere Thesen über das Verhältnis zwischen der Ambraser und der Wolfen-bütteler Überlieferung von Hartmanns ›Erec‹ bzw. den davon repräsentierten Textfassungen werden damit hinfällig. Dennoch gibt es Verdachtsmomente dafür, dass auch im Süden des Rezeptionsraums nicht alle ›Erec‹-Kenntnis auf Hartmanns Version allein basierte. Der Bei-trag plädiert dafür, die uneinheitliche und schüttere Überlieferung als eine aufschlussreiche Momentaufnahme der frühen Überlieferungs-und Verbreitungsgeschichte der höfischen Epik zu sehen.
Fragments of text discovered a few years ago in Zwettl Abbey testify to the existence of a Central German ›Erec‹ romance which obviously was composed independently of Hart-mann's ›Erec‹. Older theories about the relationship between the text versions of Hart-mann's ›Erec‹ contained in the Ambras and Wolfenbüttel manuscripts have thus become irrelevant. Nevertheless there are indications that even in the south of the German-speaking area not all knowledge about ›Erec‹ was based solely on Hartmann's version. This article argues that the varied and sparse manuscript tradition should be seen as a revealing snapshot of the early tradition and spread of German courtly epic.
With respect to fiction, narrative practice and literary theory in the European Middle Ages can s... more With respect to fiction, narrative practice and literary theory in the European Middle Ages can scarcely be brought into agreement with one another. Whereas research has considered it possible that the genre of Arthurian romance in the 12th and 13th centuries created a virtually autonomous narrative fictionality closely resembling the modern one, contemporary learned doctrine puts other literary forms at the centre of its engagement with fiction, such as the fable and allegory/integumentum. Besides, it is characteristic of the narrative literature of the Middle Ages that only very few texts can be strictly determined as being either factual or fictional. Many vernacular works and genres must be located in an uncertain and highly disputed in-between area instead. The aim of this paper is to sum up the discussion of the last decades and to broaden the scholarly approach by trying to align it with recent tendencies in the theory of fiction.
Die vor wenigen Jahren im Stift Zwettl entdeckten Textfragmente bezeugen die Existenz eines mitte... more Die vor wenigen Jahren im Stift Zwettl entdeckten Textfragmente bezeugen die Existenz eines mitteldeutschen ›Erec‹-Romans, der offenkundig unabhängig von Hartmanns ›Erec‹ entstanden ist. Ältere Thesen über das Verhältnis zwischen der Ambraser und der Wolfen-bütteler Überlieferung von Hartmanns ›Erec‹ bzw. den davon repräsentierten Textfassungen werden damit hinfällig. Dennoch gibt es Verdachtsmomente dafür, dass auch im Süden des Rezeptionsraums nicht alle ›Erec‹-Kenntnis auf Hartmanns Version allein basierte. Der Bei-trag plädiert dafür, die uneinheitliche und schüttere Überlieferung als eine aufschlussreiche Momentaufnahme der frühen Überlieferungs-und Verbreitungsgeschichte der höfischen Epik zu sehen.
Fragments of text discovered a few years ago in Zwettl Abbey testify to the existence of a Central German ›Erec‹ romance which obviously was composed independently of Hart-mann's ›Erec‹. Older theories about the relationship between the text versions of Hart-mann's ›Erec‹ contained in the Ambras and Wolfenbüttel manuscripts have thus become irrelevant. Nevertheless there are indications that even in the south of the German-speaking area not all knowledge about ›Erec‹ was based solely on Hartmann's version. This article argues that the varied and sparse manuscript tradition should be seen as a revealing snapshot of the early tradition and spread of German courtly epic.
With respect to fiction, narrative practice and literary theory in the European Middle Ages can s... more With respect to fiction, narrative practice and literary theory in the European Middle Ages can scarcely be brought into agreement with one another. Whereas research has considered it possible that the genre of Arthurian romance in the 12th and 13th centuries created a virtually autonomous narrative fictionality closely resembling the modern one, contemporary learned doctrine puts other literary forms at the centre of its engagement with fiction, such as the fable and allegory/integumentum. Besides, it is characteristic of the narrative literature of the Middle Ages that only very few texts can be strictly determined as being either factual or fictional. Many vernacular works and genres must be located in an uncertain and highly disputed in-between area instead. The aim of this paper is to sum up the discussion of the last decades and to broaden the scholarly approach by trying to align it with recent tendencies in the theory of fiction.
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Fragments of text discovered a few years ago in Zwettl Abbey testify to the existence of a Central German ›Erec‹ romance which obviously was composed independently of Hart-mann's ›Erec‹. Older theories about the relationship between the text versions of Hart-mann's ›Erec‹ contained in the Ambras and Wolfenbüttel manuscripts have thus become irrelevant. Nevertheless there are indications that even in the south of the German-speaking area not all knowledge about ›Erec‹ was based solely on Hartmann's version. This article argues that the varied and sparse manuscript tradition should be seen as a revealing snapshot of the early tradition and spread of German courtly epic.
at the centre of its engagement with fiction, such as the fable and allegory/integumentum. Besides, it is characteristic of the narrative literature of the Middle Ages that only very few texts can be strictly determined as being either factual or fictional.
Many vernacular works and genres must be located in an uncertain and highly disputed in-between area instead. The aim of this paper is to sum up the discussion of the last decades and to broaden the scholarly approach by trying to
align it with recent tendencies in the theory of fiction.
Fragments of text discovered a few years ago in Zwettl Abbey testify to the existence of a Central German ›Erec‹ romance which obviously was composed independently of Hart-mann's ›Erec‹. Older theories about the relationship between the text versions of Hart-mann's ›Erec‹ contained in the Ambras and Wolfenbüttel manuscripts have thus become irrelevant. Nevertheless there are indications that even in the south of the German-speaking area not all knowledge about ›Erec‹ was based solely on Hartmann's version. This article argues that the varied and sparse manuscript tradition should be seen as a revealing snapshot of the early tradition and spread of German courtly epic.
at the centre of its engagement with fiction, such as the fable and allegory/integumentum. Besides, it is characteristic of the narrative literature of the Middle Ages that only very few texts can be strictly determined as being either factual or fictional.
Many vernacular works and genres must be located in an uncertain and highly disputed in-between area instead. The aim of this paper is to sum up the discussion of the last decades and to broaden the scholarly approach by trying to
align it with recent tendencies in the theory of fiction.