IMC 2012: Sessions
Session 521: Violence and Rules, I: Fictional Communities of Violence
Tuesday 10 July 2012, 09.00-10.30
Sponsor: | Forschergruppe 'Gewaltgemeinschaften', Universität Gießen / Oswald-von-Wolkenstein-Gesellschaft |
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Organiser: | Cora Dietl, Institut für Germanistik, Justus-Liebig-Universität, Gießen |
Moderator/Chair: | Cora Dietl, Institut für Germanistik, Justus-Liebig-Universität, Gießen |
Paper 521-a | The Formation and Dissolution of Violent Communities in Heinrich von Veldeke's Eneasroman (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Comparative, Language and Literature - German, Mentalities |
Paper 521-b | Der Ritter im Baum: Wahnsinn als Auslöser für Gewalt am Beispiel des Rappoltsteiner Parzifal (Language: Deutsch) Index terms: Language and Literature - Comparative, Language and Literature - German, Mentalities |
Paper 521-c | Die Unsicherheit der Türkenbekämpfer: Gewalt, Regeln und Weltentwürfe in den deutsch-sprachigen Türkenflugschriften des 16. Jahrhunderts (Language: Deutsch) Index terms: Language and Literature - German, Mentalities, Military History |
Abstract | Courtly literature normally describes violence as regulated by chivalric rules: both in single combat and on the battle field courtly knights obey these rules. There are, however, situations described in which violence could escalate, especially when knights or rulers separate from society and form new 'autonomous' groups, either driven by emotions or by political necessity or divine will. The papers in this session examine different sub-genres of Middle High German courtly romance, asking about the factors and rules indicated by literature that lead to the formation or dissolution of communities of violence resp. the escalation of violence, and about the rules imposed on violent acts by these communities. |