Trevrizent’s “Retraction”: Interpolation or Narrative Strategy?

  • Arthur Groos
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Abstract

Trevrizent’s “retraction” in Book XVI of Wolfram’s Parzival is frequently considered a later authorial interpolation on account of its many inconsistencies. A differentiation between Wolfram and Trevrizent as narrator and fictional narrator-figure allows the hermit and his retraction to be viewed as a fallible but integral part of Wolfram’s teleologically oriented romance.

Zusammenfassung

Trevrizents “Widerruf” im XVI. Buch von Wolframs Parzival wird wegen vieler Unstimmigkeiten häufig als spätere Interpolation des Dichters angesehen. Eine Unterscheidung zwischen Wolfram und Trevrizent als Erzähler und fiktiver Erzählerfigur läßt den Einsiedler mit seinem Widerruf als fehlbaren aber integralen Teil von Wolframs teleologisch angelegtem Roman verstehen.

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© Metzler 1981

Authors and Affiliations

  • Arthur Groos
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  1. 1.Cornell UniversityIthacaUSA

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