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Urjâns "ungehiure" : Überlegungen zur Sein-Schein-Problematik und zur Kalokagathie bei Wolfram
De Pol, Roberto
2000
Abstract
This paper proposes some considerations on kalokagathia and the relation between seeming and being in Wolfram von Eschenbach’s "Parzival". As far as the Urjâns-episode of the poem is concerned, we see the unworthy Urjâns wearing a helmet through the eyes of the deceived Gawan. Nevertheless, Wolfram illustrates that an unworthy knight remains unworthy even if he has a worthy appearance – chivalrous romance doesn’t know the modern distinction between reality and appearance of the protagonists. Urjâns’ ugly appearance remains an interpretative challenge: Wolfram opens a gap in the text letting his audience take part in his play with perspectives.
Series
Prospero. Rivista di Letterature Straniere, Comparatistica e Studi Culturali
VII (2000)
Publisher
EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste
Source
Roberto De Pol, "Urjâns "ungehiure" : Überlegungen zur Sein-Schein-Problematik und zur Kalokagathie bei Wolfram", in: Prospero. Rivista di Letterature Straniere, Comparatistica e Studi Culturali, VII (2000), pp. 53-64
Languages
de
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