Innensicht und Außensicht
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Christina Fischer
Abstract
The Middle Welsh Owein, or Chwedyl Iarlles y Ffynnawn (>>The story of the Lady of the Fountain<<) contrasts with its continental equivalents, the Old French Yvain and the Middle High German Iwein, by a narrative economy typical of the insular region. Significantly for the present study, the narrative of Owein does not initially seem to offer any room for a psychologizing portrayal of its protagonists. In particular the narrator, who is omnipresent in both Yvain and Iwein, where he influences the audience through explanatory, often explicitly instructive comments, is not visibly evident in Owein. However, interior perspectives and character developments are in fact conveyed, to a degree, in Owein. The paper demonstrates this by analysing narrative strategies employed by the Welsh redactor to convey a psychology of characters. For this purpose, I discuss the means by which the narrator gives impulses for text recipients to reflect upon and further transmit the narrative, over and above the aforementioned limited perspectivisations.
Abstract
The Middle Welsh Owein, or Chwedyl Iarlles y Ffynnawn (>>The story of the Lady of the Fountain<<) contrasts with its continental equivalents, the Old French Yvain and the Middle High German Iwein, by a narrative economy typical of the insular region. Significantly for the present study, the narrative of Owein does not initially seem to offer any room for a psychologizing portrayal of its protagonists. In particular the narrator, who is omnipresent in both Yvain and Iwein, where he influences the audience through explanatory, often explicitly instructive comments, is not visibly evident in Owein. However, interior perspectives and character developments are in fact conveyed, to a degree, in Owein. The paper demonstrates this by analysing narrative strategies employed by the Welsh redactor to convey a psychology of characters. For this purpose, I discuss the means by which the narrator gives impulses for text recipients to reflect upon and further transmit the narrative, over and above the aforementioned limited perspectivisations.
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Inhalt v
- Vorwort der Herausgeber ix
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I. Die emotionale Seite der Figur: Innensicht und ›Figurenpsychologie‹
- Artusrittertum und Melancholie 3
- Emotionen in den Tristan-Romanen: Zorn- und Wutausbrüche 19
- »Wes das Herz voll ist, des gehet der Mund über« 31
- Was fühlen Erzähler? 47
- Zur Psycho-Logik bei Wolfram 63
- Palamède im Spiegel seiner selbst im Tristan en Prose 87
- Innensicht und Außensicht 99
- Enites schöne Seele 117
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II. Die emotionale Seite der Handlung: Figurenkonzeption und Handlungsmotivation
- Die Tränen der Cunneware 155
- Lancelot – eine komplexe Figur zwischen höfischer Liebe und Gralsrittertum 173
- Eine flache Figur? 185
- The Community and its Champion 197
- Verflachung der Emotionen? 213
- Emotion und Handlungsmotivation in Sir Tristrem 229
- Ginovers Krise 243
- Motiviertes Handeln oder fixe Rollenzuteilung 271
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Inhalt v
- Vorwort der Herausgeber ix
-
I. Die emotionale Seite der Figur: Innensicht und ›Figurenpsychologie‹
- Artusrittertum und Melancholie 3
- Emotionen in den Tristan-Romanen: Zorn- und Wutausbrüche 19
- »Wes das Herz voll ist, des gehet der Mund über« 31
- Was fühlen Erzähler? 47
- Zur Psycho-Logik bei Wolfram 63
- Palamède im Spiegel seiner selbst im Tristan en Prose 87
- Innensicht und Außensicht 99
- Enites schöne Seele 117
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II. Die emotionale Seite der Handlung: Figurenkonzeption und Handlungsmotivation
- Die Tränen der Cunneware 155
- Lancelot – eine komplexe Figur zwischen höfischer Liebe und Gralsrittertum 173
- Eine flache Figur? 185
- The Community and its Champion 197
- Verflachung der Emotionen? 213
- Emotion und Handlungsmotivation in Sir Tristrem 229
- Ginovers Krise 243
- Motiviertes Handeln oder fixe Rollenzuteilung 271
