Dynamics of Power. The Political Agency of Courtly Elites as reflected in German Literature of the 12th and 13th Centuries (05)

这个子项目调查12世纪和13世纪的德国叙事文本是如何概念化和讨论宫廷精英的政治机构的。关于尺子和周围的宫廷精英之间关系的文学星座既有合作的形式，也有对抗的行为。将从互动和交流的阶段性以及权力关系的动态化方面对这些问题进行分析。本文将展示小说文本对当代关于权力和统治的讨论的贡献，以及这种讨论同样构成了宫廷小说作为一种新的、成功的文学类型的形成。

The subproject investigates how German narrative texts of the 12th and 13th centuries conceptualize and discuss courtly elites’ political agency. Literary constellations concerning the relation between rulers and members of the courtly elites who surround them encompass forms of cooperation as well as acts of confrontation. These will be analyzed with regard to the staging of interaction and communication and to the dynamisation of power relations. It will be shown that and how fictionals texts contribute to the contemporary discussion about power and rulership and that this discussion is equally constitutive for the formation of the courtly novel as a new and successful type of literature.