The art of narration in Wolfram's Parzival and Albrecht's Jüngerer Titurel

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The art of narration in Wolfram's Parzival and Albrecht's Jüngerer Titurel

Linda B. Parshall

(Anglica Germanica, Series 2)

Cambridge University Press, 1981

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Bibliography: p. 275-285

Includes index

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Description

This 1981 text is a study of the narrative techniques in two important thirteenth-century German romances: one by Wolfram von Eschenbach, considered by many as the greatest poet of medieval Germany; the other by a lesser-known but highly skilled follower of Wolfram. This analysis of narrative technique contributes to the trend towards a broader perspective in medieval literary studies, in which critical modes developed in the study of modern works are applied helpfully to older literature. The conclusions reached should prove important for the understanding of modern conceptions of narrative as well.

Table of Contents

  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • 1. Descriptive technique: the structure of environment
  • 2. Characterisation: secondary roles as narrative context
  • 3. Plot motivations: the Gral and the Brackenseil
  • 4. The role of the narrator
  • Conclusion
  • List of abbreviations for journals frequently cited
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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