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Father and Son or the Problem of the Generational Paradigm in Old French Arthurian Verse Romance

  • Friedrich Wolfzettel
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Probleme des Artusromans
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Abstract

As opposed to the virtually fatherless young in early Arthurian romance - the patron is fatherless Merlin -, the hitherto repressed generational problem with its refeudalizing tendencies begins to reappear at the beginning of the postclassical period. The quest for identity of Guinglain in Le Bel Inconnu will be linked to the recognition of his father. In Yder the father-son relationship forms the background of the romance whose hero will save his parents by reconciling and wedding them. In Meriadeuc ou Le Chevalier aux deux épées the hero will be the redeemer of his family.

Abstract

As opposed to the virtually fatherless young in early Arthurian romance - the patron is fatherless Merlin -, the hitherto repressed generational problem with its refeudalizing tendencies begins to reappear at the beginning of the postclassical period. The quest for identity of Guinglain in Le Bel Inconnu will be linked to the recognition of his father. In Yder the father-son relationship forms the background of the romance whose hero will save his parents by reconciling and wedding them. In Meriadeuc ou Le Chevalier aux deux épées the hero will be the redeemer of his family.

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Inhalt V
  3. Vorwort der Herausgeber VII
  4. Zur Einführung IX
  5. Ausgewählte kleine Schriften
  6. Arthurian Adventure or Quixotic ›Struggle for Life‹? 3
  7. Lancelot et les fées 19
  8. Doppelweg und Biographie 37
  9. Temps et histoire dans la littérature arthurienne 61
  10. Der lange Weg zu einem ›anderen‹ Chrétien 83
  11. Der Lancelot-Roman als Paradigma 105
  12. Der defiziente arthurische Körper 123
  13. Zum Problem der Epizität im ›postklassischen‹ Artusroman 155
  14. Father and Son or the Problem of the Generational Paradigm in Old French Arthurian Verse Romance 171
  15. Parodie und Artusroman 187
  16. Fictional History as Ideology 203
  17. Forschungsinterferenzen 221
  18. Artusrittertum und Melancholie 231
  19. Der Artusheld als Opfer oder Begünstigter des Wunderbaren im nachklassischen Artusroman 247
  20. La Carole magique ou le triomphe de l’esthétique 257
  21. Anhang
  22. Verzeichnis der arthurischen Schriften von Friedrich Wolfzettel 271
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110694567-009

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Inhalt V
  3. Vorwort der Herausgeber VII
  4. Zur Einführung IX
  5. Ausgewählte kleine Schriften
  6. Arthurian Adventure or Quixotic ›Struggle for Life‹? 3
  7. Lancelot et les fées 19
  8. Doppelweg und Biographie 37
  9. Temps et histoire dans la littérature arthurienne 61
  10. Der lange Weg zu einem ›anderen‹ Chrétien 83
  11. Der Lancelot-Roman als Paradigma 105
  12. Der defiziente arthurische Körper 123
  13. Zum Problem der Epizität im ›postklassischen‹ Artusroman 155
  14. Father and Son or the Problem of the Generational Paradigm in Old French Arthurian Verse Romance 171
  15. Parodie und Artusroman 187
  16. Fictional History as Ideology 203
  17. Forschungsinterferenzen 221
  18. Artusrittertum und Melancholie 231
  19. Der Artusheld als Opfer oder Begünstigter des Wunderbaren im nachklassischen Artusroman 247
  20. La Carole magique ou le triomphe de l’esthétique 257
  21. Anhang
  22. Verzeichnis der arthurischen Schriften von Friedrich Wolfzettel 271
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