Prose resolution

In German and Medieval Studies , prose resolution means the reworking of texts written in verse into prose .

In the late Middle Ages , for example, older verse novels such as the “Trojan War” by Konrad von Würzburg († 1287 ) were edited in this way. The “ Alsatian Book of Troy” (“Book of Troy I”) by an anonymous author (before 1386 ) and the also anonymous “ Book of Troy II” from the mid-15th century emerged from the “Trojan War ” . Further prose resolutions concerned the epic by “ Duke Ernst ” (15th century), Konrad Fleck's “Flore und Blanscheflur”, which was reworked into the “ Book of Saint Charles ”, and finally the Georgs legend Reinbots von Durne (around 1240), which was published for (Prose) "Book of St. George" was.

See also

• Paraphrase , change categories

literature

• Alois Brandstetter : Prose resolution. Studies on the reception of the courtly epic in the early New High German prose novel. Athenaeum, Frankfurt am Main 1971.
• Horst Brunner: An overview of the history of German literature in the Middle Ages. Reclam, Stuttgart 2003 (= RUB 9485), pp. 325f.
• Meinolf Schumacher : Introduction to German Medieval Literature , Darmstadt 2010, ISBN 978-3-534-19603-6 , pp. 54ff. (Chapter 4,3: "Poetry in verse. Poetry in prose?").