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'Adventure' in Middle Dutch literature. An enquiry into the cultural-historical, narrative and interpretative aspects of a concept.
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Chivalrous epic and romance is riddled with various kinds of supernatural elements: the marvellous, the miraculous, and the magical. The central question in this research project is: what is the function of the supernatural in these texts and is there a detectable development of this function (correlated to geogra- phical and historical location). The primary emphasis is on an analysis of supernatural motives in Middle Dutch chivalrous epic and romance; secondary aims include establishing a more refined definition of the supernatural as a medieval literary phenomenon and investigating possible reciprocal influence vis-à-vis other genres (religious literature and artes-literature).
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Project number:
3H030203
Duration of the project:
01.10.2003 - 30.09.2009
Funded research
Nederlands
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