Clarifying and multiplying ambiguity in ›Do got der vater geschuff Adam und Eua‹

Abstract

Using the late medieval life of the virgin ›Do got der vater geschuff Adam und Eua‹ as an example, the article observes which representational possibilities can be gained through a narrative mode that is characterized as ›commentarial‹ narration. To this end, I propose a concept of commentary that detaches it from the idea of a belated, retrospective textual element and proposes a systematic understanding of commentary as a gesture of differentiation. Following on from this, some of the representational possibilities gained in implementing this gesture are described.