Oehme «He should have listened to his wife!»

The Construction of Women’s Roles in German and Yiddish Pre-modern 'Wigalois' Adaptations
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-3-11-062440-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 88 Seiten

This publication uncovers two previously dismissed pre-modern adaptations of the Middle High German (1215) by exploring their different approaches to female agency in comparison with the original , the Yiddish (14th ct.) and the German (15th ct.). Traditionally, scholarship often concentrated on the Yiddish text presenting female figures as behaving in a "Jewish manner" or embodying famous Jewish mythical figures such as Lilith (see Achim Jaeger / Robert G. Warnock). Rather than trying to argue for or against a figure’s "Jewishness," I evaluate these interpretations from the perspective of Arthurian Literature by showing that the construction of female agency is at the center of all three adaptations of this important chapter of German-Jewish literature and culture.

Zielgruppe

Germanistische Mediävisten, Komparatisten, Judaisten / Medievalists; scholars of German Studies and of Comparative Liter

Autoren/Hrsg.

Oehme, Annegret

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte und Literaturkritik
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Deutsche Literatur Jiddische Literatur

Über Autor(innen)

Annegret Oehme, University of Washington, Seattle, USA.

Annegret Oehme, University of Washington, Seattle, USA.