IMC 2010: Sessions
Session 222: Oswald von Wolkenstein (1376/77-1445): A Travelling Knight and his Poetic Explorations of the World
Monday 12 July 2010, 14.15-15.45
| Sponsor: | Oswald von Wolkenstein-Gesellschaft / Associazione di Cultura Medioevale, Trieste |
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| Organiser: | Sieglinde Hartmann, Oswald von Wolkenstein-Gesellschaft, Frankfurt am Main |
| Moderator/Chair: | Siegrid Schmidt, Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für Mittelalterstudien, Universität Salzburg |
| Paper 222-a | Wolkenstein's Explorer's Curiosity and his Poetical Exploration of the World (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - German, Mentalities |
| Paper 222-b | Oswald von Wolkenstein: The Perception of the Iberian Peninsula and the Enactment of the Self (Language: English) Index terms: Historiography - Medieval, Language and Literature - German, Mentalities |
| Paper 222-c | The Surprising Adventures of Oswald von Wolkenstein (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - German, Mentalities |
| Paper 222-d | New Autobiographical Experience vs. New Autobiographical Identity (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - German, Mentalities |
| Abstract | The courtly singer Oswald von Wolkenstein became famous for his unique autobiographical poetry mainly focussing on his chivalrous explorations through most parts of Europe, Africa, and Asia. The 4 papers aim (1) to present the uniqueness of Wolkenstein's explorer's curiosity, (2) to understand the enactment of the poet in his travel songs by elucidating the facts that Oswald hides, 3) to show how the poet's sense of humour accounts for the poetic effects of his adventures, and finally (4) to analyse to what extent the world experiences changed Wolkenstein's auctorial identity. |