Abstract
Names such as Goethe, Hesse and literary writers alike are, to the reading public, synonymous for German literature. It is discouraging to see how German heroic epics have not achieved world wide acclaim and popularization, yet their quality precedes that of many bestsellers. Many experts even consider the Nibelungenlied the German equivalent of Homer's Iliad. In this work we will discuss the most significant characteristics of heroic epic by analysing, what we might consider two of the most popular heroic epics in German literature, the Nibelungenlied and the Gudrunlied. These medieval epics are subjects of much scholarly research around the world. For a better understanding of the topic, we will at the very beginning discuss the concepts of epic and heroic prose, their major characteristics as well as their significance in German literature. As the term hero certainly holds a key position in this literary genre we are obligated to hindsight it, and talk through the heroes of the Nibelungenlied and the Gudrunlied. Furthermore, for a better comprehension of the topic it is inevitable to take a closer look at the historical context of these two epics. At the very end we will review their similarities and differences.
Highlights
Istorija nas uči da svako doba, svaka epoha, svako vreme ima svoje junake
Počeci pismenih predanja i rano germansko pesništvo nastaje iz raznih kultno-religijskih običaja, raznih ratnih i društvenih običaja, koji su se dosta bazirali na verovanja u magiju, razne čarolije, bajanja, sve u skladu sa vremenom tada, sve što je van granica naše današnje percepcije tumačenja normalnog
Iz životnog osećanja tih ratnika, iz siline i sudbinske tragike tih propasti, iz divljenja podvizima i tuge za vodima razvilo se germansko epsko pesništvo
Summary
Apstrakt Književnici kao što su Gete, Hese i drugi su definitivno u široj publici ostali sinonim za nemačku književnost. Obeležja junačkog epa će u ovom radu biti obrađena kroz dva možda najpopularnija nemačka junačka epa: Pesma o Nibelunzima i Pesma o Gudrun. Da bi smo mogli da shvatimo ova dva dela, govoriće se na samom početku ovog rada o pojmovima junačkog epa i junačke pesme, osnovnim obeležjima ove književne vrste, kao i o značaju junačkog epa za nemačku književnost. Pojam „junak“ (heroj) svakako zauzima jednu od centralnih pozicija u ovoj književnoj vrsti, tako da će se obrađivati i ovaj pojam, i to s’ osvrtom na najbitnije junake koji se pojavljuju u Pesmi o Nibelunzima i Pesmi o Gudrun. Na samom kraju je važno spomenuti nešto o zajedničkim obeležjima ova dva dela, kao i ključnim razlikama. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE HEROIC EPIC THROUGH THE EXAMPLE OF THE NIEBELUNGENLIED AND THE GUDRUNLIED
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