Jeu parti

The Jeu parti ( old French jeu parti "divided game") is a lyrical genre of medieval French and Provencal poetry. The name is modeled on the Provencal term Joc partit for partimen . The topics are also of a mini-didactic nature.

Like the partimen, the jeu parti is a controversial poem composed by two competing singers . Two hypothetically constructed cases, which exclude each other, are contrasted and defended with subtle arguments or refuted on the other side. In contrast to the partimen, a solution is desired here. In the final stanza , an arbitration tribunal is often invoked, e.g. B. the mistress of ministry.

The heyday of the Jeux partis was in the 13th century, from this time more than 200 works have been preserved.

literature

• Franz Fiset: The old French jeu-parti . Dissertation. Erlangen 1904
• Sebastian Neumeister: Playing with courtly love. The old Provencal partimen . Munich 1969
• Michel-André Bossy (Ed.): Medieval debate poetry. Vernacular works . New York 1987. ISBN 0-8240-8709-7