Scheitern in der Vormoderne: Narrative Konzeptionalisierungen in Literatur und Historiographie (Encomia Deutsch) - Softcover

 
9783847116752: Scheitern in der Vormoderne: Narrative Konzeptionalisierungen in Literatur und Historiographie (Encomia Deutsch)

Synopsis

Failure is a fundamental human experience, and narrating failure is also a phenomenon that transcends time. The contributions in this volume examine the narrative engagement with failure in various literary and historiographical genres of the pre-modern period and show what functions, aims and possible meanings are associated with it. They also investigate ways of coping with failure through strategies of explanation, repulse, or reinterpretation, with a special focus on transcendental patterns. Failure is also examined in its rhetorical stagings and its poetological dimensions. The narrative of failure proves to be a productive moment of meaning-making and a figure of reflection with far-reaching cultural significance.

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About the Authors

JProf. Dr. Margit Dahm lehrt Deutsche Literatur des hohen und späten Mittelalters an der Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel.

Andreas Bihrer ist Professor für Geschichte des frühen und hohen Mittelalters sowie für Historische Grundwissenschaften an der Universität Kiel.

Prof. Dr. Timo Felber lehrt Deutsche Literatur des Mittelalters und der Frühen Neuzeit an der Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel.

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