Politics and the Representation of Women in the Nibelungenlied

• Autores: Anat Koplowitz-Breeier
• Localización: Revista de filología alemana, ISSN 1133-0406, Nº. 15, 2007, págs. 9-25
• Idioma: inglés
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  • The article examines the manner in which the female characters are represented in the Nibelungenlied by dividing them into two groups: the traditional women, who keep their socially accepted positions and are supportive of the men, and the women rebelling against tradition, who try to be part of the male world, thereby exceeding the limits of tradition and rebelling against it. The article suggests that in the Nibelungenlied the two groups of women represent the Church and the men the Empire. The group of traditional women represents the Church before the breakout of the historical conflict with the Empire while the group of rebellious women represents the Church in the period of advanced conflict.