IMC 2006: Sessions
Session 503: The Reception of the Middle Ages in Eastern Europe
Tuesday 11 July 2006, 09.00-10.30
| Organiser: | Siegrid Schmidt, Institut für Germanistik, Universität Salzburg |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Ulrich Müller, Institut für Germanistik, Universität Salzburg |
| Paper 503-a | Gestures and Emotions in the Germanic Mythology in Czech Reading-Books for German Lectures in the 20th Century (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Slavic, Medievalism and Antiquarianism |
| Paper 503-b | Gestures and Emotions in the Reception of Dietrich von Bern in the Old Czech Literature (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Slavic |
| Abstract | Variations of medievalism can be found in literature throughout the world. The authors of the papers presented here provide examples from Eastern Europe that were written in the late Middle Ages and in the modern era: The reception of medieval German heroic epic in Old Czech literature (Dinzl-Rybarova) and the use and treatment of Germanic legends in modern Czech textbooks (Besedová). These contributions demonstrate that the modern reception of medieval themes not only re-tells stories and legends of earlier times, but can also contribute to our understanding of the modern era. |