Een scone leeringe om salich te Sterven - een middelNederlandse ars moriendi tussen letterkunde en didactiek
Date
1990
Authors
Grunder, Tatiana Elisabeth
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Abstract
The aim of this research is to show that the Middle
Dutch text Een scone leerinoe om salich te sterven is
an example of an Ars moriendi that combines features of
both the typical didactic Speculum-tradition and
literary texts in which the theme of death and the attitude
towards it play an important role. This challenges
the existing viewpoints concerning the place of
the Ars moriendi in literature which have either viewed
it in isolation of literary texts or as part of the
Speculum-tradition. Special attention has been paid to
the fact that one cannot easily distinguish between
literary and didactic traditions in Medieval literature.
The research further shows the relevance of the
Ars moriendi for the interpretation of Dutch Medieval
morality plays. (Abbreviation abstract)
Description
'n Verhandeling voorgele aan die Fakulteit Lettere, van
die Universiteit van die Witwatersrand ter veldoen
aan die vereistes vir die graad Magister Artium
Keywords
Dutch literature -- To 1500., Didactic literature, Dutch.