Ulrich von Zatzikhoven's Lanzelet: Narrative Style and Entertainment

Part 1 The context and the problem: "Lanzelet" in context - source, author and the question of date, and reception Ulrich and his narrator - prologue, reflections, appeals to the source and addresses to the audience the problem of structure - variation within repetition. Part 2 Narrative style in "Lanzelet": defining style the hero as a literary all-rounder - the first part of "Lanzelet" a "post-classical" Arthurian hero - the second part of "Lanzelet". Part 3 The essence of a hero - a thematic analysis of "Lanzelet": "aventiure", "manheit" and "minne" "gelucke", "heil", "soelde" and "wipsoelikheit" conclusion.