Theatrical Representations of Sainthood in the Context of Interconfessional Conflicts. Swiss Saints' and Martyrs' Plays of the 16th and Early 17th Century

乍一看，瑞士宗教改革时期的圣徒戏剧似乎是不存在的，也是不可能的。由于茨温利和奥科拉姆帕德对圣徒崇拜的强烈批评，在16/17世纪的瑞士改革地区上演圣徒剧是不可想象的。然而，在瑞士的天主教地区，当时圣徒的戏剧作为一种保存各自社区身份的手段而变得重要起来。该项目扩展了“教派间冲突背景下圣徒身份的神学代表”项目。16和17世纪新教和罗马天主教烈士剧”。它将该项目中处理的德国戏剧与同一时期的瑞士戏剧进行了对比（c。1520年至1620年），这是一个更加两极分化的形式挑衅性教派间对话。在神圣罗马帝国时期，殉道剧是路德派戏剧中一种相当常见的体裁。他们利用戏剧的说服力，传达了新教对“圣徒”和“殉道”的具体理解。相反，据说16世纪瑞士（天主教）世纪的圣徒和殉道者戏剧是极其保守的。这也是为什么戏剧史往往忽视它们的原因之一，尽管其中一些戏剧在现代版本中可以找到。我们将探讨瑞士戏剧是否真的（明显地）保守并夸大了它们的中世纪元素，以及它们在多大程度上有力地促进了教派间的争论。比较德国和瑞士的戏剧有助于更清楚地了解戏剧媒介为宗教和政治目的而功能化和利用的可能性。分析文本，该项目将使用文学和文化研究的类别，如形式，修辞，表演，空间，声学和美学，但它也将尊重戏剧的历史，社会文化和神学背景。一个中心作用将归因于“圣徒”和“神圣”的概念，因为在几个世纪以来，它们既是教派间和宗教间辩论的物质和武器，由于文学和艺术发展了各种手段来构建它们。该项目的物质目标是三个版本的烈士戏剧，这些戏剧以手稿的形式流传下来，很难获得（即该项目将最终使文本可供研究），和一个专题论文，全面描述了瑞士圣徒和烈士的戏剧，相比之下，德国罗马天主教和路德戏剧。

At first sight, Swiss saints' plays of the era of Reformation seem to be something non-existent and impossible. Due to Zwingli's and Oekolampad's ardent critique of the cult of saints, it was unthinkable to stage saints' plays in the reformed regions of Switzerland in 16th/17th century. In the catholic parts of Switzerland, however, at that time the staging of saints' plays gained importance as a means to preserve the respective community's identity. This project extends the project "Theatrical Representations of Sainthood in the Context of Inter-Confessional Conflicts. 16th and 17th Century Protestant and Roman Catholic Martyrs' Plays". It contrasts the German plays treated in that project with Swiss drama of the same time (c. 1520-1620), which represents a far more polarizing form of provocative inter-confessional dialogue. In the Holy Roman Empire, martyrs' plays were a rather common genre of Lutheran school drama. They communicated a specific Protestant understanding of 'sainthood' and 'martyrdom', using the persuasive power of theatre. In contrast, Swiss (Catholic) saints' and martyrs' plays of the 16th century are said to be extremely conservative. This is one of the reasons why theatre history tends to ignore them, even though some of them are available in modern editions.We will enquire whether the Swiss plays really are (demonstratively) conservative and exaggerate their medieval elements, and how far they thereby powerfully contribute to the inter-confessional debate. A comparison between German and Swiss drama will help to give a clearer insight into the possibilities to functionalize and exploit the theatrical medium for religious and political purpose. Analyzing the texts, the project will use categories from literary and cultural studies, like form, rhetoric, performance, space, acoustics, and esthetics, but it will also respect the historical, socio-cultural and theological contexts of the plays. A central role will be attributed to the notions of 'sainthood' and 'holiness', since across the centuries, they are both matter and weapon of inter-confessional and in inter-religious debate, and since literature and art have developed various means to construct them.The material aim of the project is three editions of martyrs' plays that have come down to us in manuscripts that are difficult to access (i.e. the project will finally make the texts accessible for research), and a monography which comprehensively describes the Swiss saints' and martyrs' plays, as compared to the German Roman Catholic and Lutheran drama.