Schriften der Internationalen Artusgesellschaft – serie

Der Artushof ist fraglos, strukturell wie thematisch, das Zentrum der arthurischen Romane. Immer wieder hat er aus sozial-, macht- und institutionengeschichtlicher sowie poetologischer Perspektive interessiert. Heute, nach dem Durchschreiten verschiedener kulturwissenschaftlicher turns (wie dem performative oder dem spatial turn), lohnt es sich, einen neuen, explizit interdisziplinären und aus dem Dialog verschiedener nationaler Forschungsdiskurse profitierenden Blick auf diese Institution zu werfen. Die Beiträge dieses Bands fragen nach der räumlichen Inszenierung des Hofs durch die Literatur und nach deren performativer Einbindung am Hof, nach dem Status höfischer Öffentlichkeit sowie nach der Rolle von Macht und Eros am Hof, die ihn als Institution oder als literarisches Experiment konstituieren und gefährden. Sie hinterfragen kritisch die ›Idealität‹ des Artushofs und die Tragweite der Textsorte ›Artusroman‹. Schließlich untersuchen sie die Funktion und Rezeption des Hofs auch in hoffernen oder hofkritischen Kontexten, von der Hanse bis zur modernen amerikanischen Kultur.

Oft ist vom ‚Artusmythos‘ die Rede, wobei ‚Mythos‘ alltagssprachlich letztlich alles Altertümliche, Bedeutungs- oder Geheimnisvolle bezeichnen kann. Dem steht eine aktuelle geisteswissenschaftliche Diskussion über den Begriff des ‚Mythos‘ gegenüber. Die Germanistik übernimmt hierbei meist eine Vorreiterrolle. Der vorliegende Band öffnet die Diskussion programmatisch für den interdisziplinären Dialog mit den anderen Philologien. Fokussiert auf das Feld der Artusliteratur, fragt der Band danach, welches Verständnis von ‚Mythos‘ welchen Phänomenen im arthurischen Roman angemessen ist. Inhaltlich wird der Begriff mit vorchristlichen Glaubens- und Weltmodellen verbunden; die Beiträge analysieren die Nachwirkung des mythischen Substrats in der Artusdichtung. Strukturell und formal wird der ‚Mythos‘ als eine a-kausale, zeitlose Erzählform verstanden, als eine Alternative zur Historiographie; zuweilen nähert er sich dem Fiktionalen, Magischen oder Symbolischen an. Deutlich wird, wie die einzelnen Romane je anders mit dem Mythischen umgehen, es destruieren, funktionalisieren oder restituieren. Der Band zeigt damit nachdrücklich, dass es einen literaturwissenschaftlichen Begriff des ‚Mythos‘ jenseits der Einzeltexte nicht geben kann.

Arthurian research, which created a forum for itself with the founding of the International Arthurian Society in 1948, serves to explore the common cultural foundations of Europe. With around 250 medieval works in ten different languages, the Arthurian romance is undoubtedly one of the most successful epic genres of the European Middle Ages - with an unbroken tradition of productive reception to this day. Arthurian literature, which originated as regional-political poetry with reference to an older oral narrative tradition, soon became a forum for the supra-regional discussion of values, a space for finding social or cultural identity or a field for experimenting with literary forms. The volumes of the German-Austrian section of the Arthurian Society bring together the various research perspectives of the philologies dealing with Arthurian literature, each focusing on a central question. The volumes examine the relevance of concepts discussed in current literary and cultural studies (such as "myth" and "body concepts") for Arthurian research and the contribution that Arthurian research, which is fundamentally multi-perspectival due to its diversity of subjects and interdisciplinarity, can make to worldwide cultural and literary research.

Arthurian research, which created a forum for itself with the founding of the International Arthurian Society in 1948, serves to explore the common cultural foundations of Europe. With around 250 medieval works in ten different languages, the Arthurian romance is undoubtedly one of the most successful epic genres of the European Middle Ages - with an unbroken tradition of productive reception to this day. Arthurian literature, which originated as regional-political poetry with reference to an older oral narrative tradition, soon became a forum for the supra-regional discussion of values, a space for finding social or cultural identity or a field for experimenting with literary forms. The volumes of the German-Austrian section of the Arthurian Society bring together the various research perspectives of the philologies dealing with Arthurian literature, each focusing on a central question. The volumes examine the relevance of concepts discussed in current literary and cultural studies (such as "myth" and "body concepts") for Arthurian research and the contribution that Arthurian research, which is fundamentally multi-perspectival due to its diversity of subjects and interdisciplinarity, can make to worldwide cultural and literary research.

Arthurian research, which created a forum for itself with the founding of the International Arthurian Society in 1948, serves to explore the common cultural foundations of Europe. With around 250 medieval works in ten different languages, the Arthurian romance is undoubtedly one of the most successful epic genres of the European Middle Ages - with an unbroken tradition of productive reception to this day. Arthurian literature, which originated as regional-political poetry with reference to an older oral narrative tradition, soon became a forum for the supra-regional discussion of values, a space for finding social or cultural identity or a field for experimenting with literary forms. The volumes of the German-Austrian section of the Arthurian Society bring together the various research perspectives of the philologies dealing with Arthurian literature, each focusing on a central question. The volumes examine the relevance of concepts discussed in current literary and cultural studies (such as "myth" and "body concepts") for Arthurian research and the contribution that Arthurian research, which is fundamentally multi-perspectival due to its diversity of subjects and interdisciplinarity, can make to worldwide cultural and literary research.

Arthurian research, which created a forum for itself with the founding of the International Arthurian Society in 1948, serves to explore the common cultural foundations of Europe. With around 250 medieval works in ten different languages, the Arthurian romance is undoubtedly one of the most successful epic genres of the European Middle Ages - with an unbroken tradition of productive reception to this day. Arthurian literature, which originated as regional-political poetry with reference to an older oral narrative tradition, soon became a forum for the supra-regional discussion of values, a space for finding social or cultural identity or a field for experimenting with literary forms. The volumes of the German-Austrian section of the Arthurian Society bring together the various research perspectives of the philologies dealing with Arthurian literature, each focusing on a central question. The volumes examine the relevance of concepts discussed in current literary and cultural studies (such as "myth" and "body concepts") for Arthurian research and the contribution that Arthurian research, which is fundamentally multi-perspectival due to its diversity of subjects and interdisciplinarity, can make to worldwide cultural and literary research.

Arthurian research, which created a forum for itself with the founding of the International Arthurian Society in 1948, serves to explore the common cultural foundations of Europe. With around 250 medieval works in ten different languages, the Arthurian romance is undoubtedly one of the most successful epic genres of the European Middle Ages - with an unbroken tradition of productive reception to this day. Arthurian literature, which originated as regional-political poetry with reference to an older oral narrative tradition, soon became a forum for the supra-regional discussion of values, a space for finding social or cultural identity or a field for experimenting with literary forms. The volumes of the German-Austrian section of the Arthurian Society bring together the various research perspectives of the philologies dealing with Arthurian literature, each focusing on a central question. The volumes examine the relevance of concepts discussed in current literary and cultural studies (such as "myth" and "body concepts") for Arthurian research and the contribution that Arthurian research, which is fundamentally multi-perspectival due to its diversity of subjects and interdisciplinarity, can make to worldwide cultural and literary research.

Arthurian research, which created a forum for itself with the founding of the International Arthurian Society in 1948, serves to explore the common cultural foundations of Europe. With around 250 medieval works in ten different languages, the Arthurian romance is undoubtedly one of the most successful epic genres of the European Middle Ages - with an unbroken tradition of productive reception to this day. Arthurian literature, which originated as regional-political poetry with reference to an older oral narrative tradition, soon became a forum for the supra-regional discussion of values, a space for finding social or cultural identity or a field for experimenting with literary forms. The volumes of the German-Austrian section of the Arthurian Society bring together the various research perspectives of the philologies dealing with Arthurian literature, each focusing on a central question. The volumes examine the relevance of concepts discussed in current literary and cultural studies (such as "myth" and "body concepts") for Arthurian research and the contribution that Arthurian research, which is fundamentally multi-perspectival due to its diversity of subjects and interdisciplinarity, can make to worldwide cultural and literary research.

Arthurian research, which created a forum for itself with the founding of the International Arthurian Society in 1948, serves to explore the common cultural foundations of Europe. With around 250 medieval works in ten different languages, the Arthurian romance is undoubtedly one of the most successful epic genres of the European Middle Ages - with an unbroken tradition of productive reception to this day. Arthurian literature, which originated as regional-political poetry with reference to an older oral narrative tradition, soon became a forum for the supra-regional discussion of values, a space for finding social or cultural identity or a field for experimenting with literary forms. The volumes of the German-Austrian section of the Arthurian Society bring together the various research perspectives of the philologies dealing with Arthurian literature, each focusing on a central question. The volumes examine the relevance of concepts discussed in current literary and cultural studies (such as "myth" and "body concepts") for Arthurian research and the contribution that Arthurian research, which is fundamentally multi-perspectival due to its diversity of subjects and interdisciplinarity, can make to worldwide cultural and literary research.

Arthurian research, which created a forum for itself with the founding of the International Arthurian Society in 1948, serves to explore the common cultural foundations of Europe. With around 250 medieval works in ten different languages, the Arthurian romance is undoubtedly one of the most successful epic genres of the European Middle Ages - with an unbroken tradition of productive reception to this day. Arthurian literature, which originated as regional-political poetry with reference to an older oral narrative tradition, soon became a forum for the supra-regional discussion of values, a space for finding social or cultural identity or a field for experimenting with literary forms. The volumes of the German-Austrian section of the Arthurian Society bring together the various research perspectives of the philologies dealing with Arthurian literature, each focusing on a central question. The volumes examine the relevance of concepts discussed in current literary and cultural studies (such as "myth" and "body concepts") for Arthurian research and the contribution that Arthurian research, which is fundamentally multi-perspectival due to its diversity of subjects and interdisciplinarity, can make to worldwide cultural and literary research.

Arthurian research, which created a forum for itself with the founding of the International Arthurian Society in 1948, serves to explore the common cultural foundations of Europe. With around 250 medieval works in ten different languages, the Arthurian romance is undoubtedly one of the most successful epic genres of the European Middle Ages - with an unbroken tradition of productive reception to this day. Arthurian literature, which originated as regional-political poetry with reference to an older oral narrative tradition, soon became a forum for the supra-regional discussion of values, a space for finding social or cultural identity or a field for experimenting with literary forms. The volumes of the German-Austrian section of the Arthurian Society bring together the various research perspectives of the philologies dealing with Arthurian literature, each focusing on a central question. The volumes examine the relevance of concepts discussed in current literary and cultural studies (such as "myth" and "body concepts") for Arthurian research and the contribution that Arthurian research, which is fundamentally multi-perspectival due to its diversity of subjects and interdisciplinarity, can make to worldwide cultural and literary research.