Micro-narratives and the Connection of Stanzas in the Wechsel of Reinmar MF 151,33, 169,9 and 198,4

Abstract

This contribution ties in with recent research, which increasingly addresses interferences between the genres of the Minnesong and the novel and, concomitantly, between lyrical reflection and narration. Three lieder are in focus and serve as examples. Reinmar employs them to align himself with the genre of the Wechsel of the early Minnesong tradition, but he continues this tradition in specific ways. This essay scrutinises both the stories, which are told in the monologues of the Wechsel, and the poetic devices, which connect the stanzas and thereby counterbalance their lack of narrative continuity.