This book addresses the topics of literacy and textuality in order to develop a new line of interpretation for a landmark of Middle High German literature. Albrecht's Jüngerer Titurel is an intellectually ambitious narrative written ca. 1270 as a prequel and sequel to the more famous Arthurian texts by Wolfram von Eschenbach. Part One of the monograph considers the protagonists' obsessive engagement with the written word in all its manifestations. Part Two focuses complex construction of two competing narrative personae and on the author's aesthetic and moral justification of his literary undertaking. .
Author(s): Annette Volfing
Year: 2007
Language: English
Pages: 216
Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 8
Acknowledgments......Page 10
Introduction......Page 12
I: The Narrative Universe......Page 22
1 Literacy and Textual Culture: Letters, Lettering, and Literature......Page 24
2 First and Second Language: Names, Etymologies, and Natural Phenomena......Page 44
3 The Brackenseil and the Grail: Chasing the Texts......Page 62
II: The Narrators and the Author......Page 84
4 ‘Albrecht,’ ‘Wolfram,’ and vrou Aventiure: Arguing with the Text......Page 86
5 Justifying the Text: The Poetological Program......Page 108
Conclusion......Page 136
Notes......Page 140
Bibliography......Page 192
C......Page 208
I......Page 209
R......Page 210
W......Page 211
Z......Page 212
