Der Artusheld als Opfer oder Begünstigter des Wunderbaren im nachklassischen Artusroman
Abstract
Recent research has pointed to the growing increase of wonder, magic and enchantment in post-Chrétien Arthurian romance. The initial mission of the Arthurian knight appointed to fight against the demonic and magic forces on the outskirts of king Arthur’s realm is thus obviously doomed to failure. In search of an answer to the reasons of this negative stance, this article would like to propose to interpret the examples of magic as metonymic variants of all the forces opposed to knightly existence. The article cites a series of romances from Le Bel Inconnu to Les Merveilles de Rigomer in order to show the growing loss of liberty of the Arthurian knight. The examples culminate in the Byzantine romance Floriant et Florete in which the hero and actually the whole story are dominated by the fay Morgane, the enchantress of Mount Gibel. The evolution of the genre thus ends up in the apotheosis of what was initially fought against.
Abstract
Recent research has pointed to the growing increase of wonder, magic and enchantment in post-Chrétien Arthurian romance. The initial mission of the Arthurian knight appointed to fight against the demonic and magic forces on the outskirts of king Arthur’s realm is thus obviously doomed to failure. In search of an answer to the reasons of this negative stance, this article would like to propose to interpret the examples of magic as metonymic variants of all the forces opposed to knightly existence. The article cites a series of romances from Le Bel Inconnu to Les Merveilles de Rigomer in order to show the growing loss of liberty of the Arthurian knight. The examples culminate in the Byzantine romance Floriant et Florete in which the hero and actually the whole story are dominated by the fay Morgane, the enchantress of Mount Gibel. The evolution of the genre thus ends up in the apotheosis of what was initially fought against.
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Inhalt V
- Vorwort der Herausgeber VII
- Zur Einführung IX
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Ausgewählte kleine Schriften
- Arthurian Adventure or Quixotic ›Struggle for Life‹? 3
- Lancelot et les fées 19
- Doppelweg und Biographie 37
- Temps et histoire dans la littérature arthurienne 61
- Der lange Weg zu einem ›anderen‹ Chrétien 83
- Der Lancelot-Roman als Paradigma 105
- Der defiziente arthurische Körper 123
- Zum Problem der Epizität im ›postklassischen‹ Artusroman 155
- Father and Son or the Problem of the Generational Paradigm in Old French Arthurian Verse Romance 171
- Parodie und Artusroman 187
- Fictional History as Ideology 203
- Forschungsinterferenzen 221
- Artusrittertum und Melancholie 231
- Der Artusheld als Opfer oder Begünstigter des Wunderbaren im nachklassischen Artusroman 247
- La Carole magique ou le triomphe de l’esthétique 257
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Anhang
- Verzeichnis der arthurischen Schriften von Friedrich Wolfzettel 271
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Inhalt V
- Vorwort der Herausgeber VII
- Zur Einführung IX
-
Ausgewählte kleine Schriften
- Arthurian Adventure or Quixotic ›Struggle for Life‹? 3
- Lancelot et les fées 19
- Doppelweg und Biographie 37
- Temps et histoire dans la littérature arthurienne 61
- Der lange Weg zu einem ›anderen‹ Chrétien 83
- Der Lancelot-Roman als Paradigma 105
- Der defiziente arthurische Körper 123
- Zum Problem der Epizität im ›postklassischen‹ Artusroman 155
- Father and Son or the Problem of the Generational Paradigm in Old French Arthurian Verse Romance 171
- Parodie und Artusroman 187
- Fictional History as Ideology 203
- Forschungsinterferenzen 221
- Artusrittertum und Melancholie 231
- Der Artusheld als Opfer oder Begünstigter des Wunderbaren im nachklassischen Artusroman 247
- La Carole magique ou le triomphe de l’esthétique 257
-
Anhang
- Verzeichnis der arthurischen Schriften von Friedrich Wolfzettel 271
