Anvil, Arch, and Road – Metaphors of Storytelling in Medieval High German Legendaries and Historical Poems of the 12th Century
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Metaphors of Storytelling, Legendaries, Historical Poems, 12th Century German Literature.
Abstract
This essay focuses on metaphors of storytelling in German hagiographic and historical poems, mainly in Pfaffe Lambrecht’s Alexanderroman, Oberdeutscher Servatius, Pilatus, and in Der Wilde Mann’s Veronica. These vernacular narrating texts use metaphors in the field of forging, archery, and movement besides the classical antique metaphor of weaving (lat. “texere”). Metaphors therefore serve as an alternate to terms of literary theory, which does not exist for the vernacular language in the 12th century. The aim of this study is to show how metaphors are combined in the prologues and texts, and how they legitimate storytelling in the vernacular on the eve of courtly literature.Downloads
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2014-05-21
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F. Schulz R. (2014). Anvil, Arch, and Road – Metaphors of Storytelling in Medieval High German Legendaries and Historical Poems of the 12th Century. Revista de Filología Alemana, 22, 33-52. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_RFAL.2014.v22.45307
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