Verhandlungen höfischer Identität

Intersektionale Deutungs- und Zuordnungsprozesse in Artusromanen um 1200: Iwein – Lanzelet – Gwigalois

By (author) Jöran Balks

Book cover: Verhandlungen höfischer Identität

Extent: 324 pages

Publisher: V&R unipress

Subjects: Literary Studies, Medieval Studies

Series: Encomia Deutsch

Language: German

Paperback (Published)

(September 2021)

ISBN: 9783847113485

6.1 x 9.13 inches

Price: $62.00

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Die hofische Identitat gibt es nicht. Die Kategorien der hofischen Kultur uberkreuzen sich und erzeugen so eine Vielzahl von Ambivalenzen, welche Raum fur kreative Umdeutungen bieten.


There is no such thing as ‘the’ courtly identity. The categories of courtly culture intersect and thus generate a multitude of ambivalences that are constantly used for creative reinterpretations. Joran Balks examines in his study these ambivalences and potentials for reinterpretation in three Arthurian novels from the heyday of courtly literature around 1200. Through a systematic intercategorial intersectionality analysis, he presents a complex web of intersections between identity categories by which courtly identity can be negotiated. This diversity also shows that the discussed literary works not only presuppose a high inherent complexity of the question of courtly identity, but also receive it vividly and productively.

Jöran Balks studierte Germanistik und Politikwissenschaft an der Freien Universität Berlin. Von 2016 bis 2019 war er Promotionsstipendiat am Projektkolleg »Intersektionalität interdisziplinär« der Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel.

  • By (author) Jöran Balks