The Reinhart Fuchs of Heinrich the Glîchezâre and the Roman de Renart. Inaugural Dissertation for the Award of a Doctor of Philosophy Written and with the Permission of the High Faculty of Philosophy of the United Friedrichs University of Halle-Wittenberg, with the Attached Theses, Publicly Defended on November 26, 1890.

The question of how the Reinhart Fuchs of Heinrich the Glîchezâre relates to the Roman de Renart is interesting in two respects: firstly, the solution to this question allows us to judge the activity and ability of the translator, which is of value for the characterisation of the poet and helps us to complete the picture we can form of the translation activity of the Middle High German period. Secondly, by determining Heinrich's original, we gain an insight into the state of French animal poetry at the time of Glîchezâre, i.e. an important contribution to the development of the medieval animal epic. Quite a few studies have already dealt with this question: anyone who deals with criticism of Renart also has to accept Reinhart. In fact, the question is usually considered from this point of view, i.e. by the critics of Renart, which has, however, made an unbiased solution more difficult than easier. In many cases, our question has been made directly dependent on the question of the origin of Renart: depending on how one thought about this latter point, Reinhart's position was also determined; and the views on Renart, in turn, were often based on very uncertain foundations. - [Author]

Language: German