Gotthold Ephraim Lessing und die Toleranzdebatten der Frühen Neuzeit

Vollhardt, Friedrich

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“…As we have learned from trauma studies, for instance, narrations are superbly qualified as therapeutic methods especially in such troublesome cases [91]. Racism and intolerance can be similarly combated by means of storytelling, as Boccaccio already indicated with his example, even if problematic as some modern scholars have viewed it from their perspective [92][93][94][95].…”

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The Meaning of Literature and Literature as Meaning—A Productive Challenge of Modern Times from the Middle Ages

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Abstract:The marriage of literature and science might not be possible strictly speaking, but a marriage of humanities with philosophy, psychology, religion, ethics, ecology, and social studies, for instance, might well work, as a close analysis of some medieval narratives will illustrate. This paper intends to demonstrate once again what the humanities could truly mean, insofar as the discussion will not only lay bare textual elements or philological concerns, but it will also indicate how much relevant literature helps us to address crucial questions of religious, ethical, social, moral, and philosophical kinds, building powerful bridges between the past and the present. In order to test this premise even in extreme situations, here a number of medieval texts will be introduced and analyzed as to their timeless message and hence their extremely important function of creating meaning for readers/listeners both from the Middle Ages and today.

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Section: Giovanni Boccacciomentioning

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The Meaning of Literature and Literature as Meaning—A Productive Challenge of Modern Times from the Middle Ages

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Gotthold Ephraim Lessing und die Toleranzdebatten der Frühen Neuzeit

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