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U of I Only 291 p. Jaeger, C. Stephen Boyd, Shawn Robin 2015-09-28T15:03:47Z 2015-09-28T15:03:47Z 10000-01-01 2010 2010 This dissertation explores the issue of foreignness in the Nibelungenlied, raising questions about the nature, and crossing, of intra-Christian borders within the text that separate customs, practices, and worldviews. It analyzes cultural alterity and its attendant outcomes in the first half of the Nibelungenlied using concepts from anthropology and cultural and sociological theory. The dissertation argues that multiple levels of foreignness, as defined by the philosopher Bernd Waldenfels, separate characters in the Nibelungenlied. Despite their varying origins, these instances of alienation all have a common result: a lack of a complete picture of the world for individual characters and the prevention of close human connections that would allow intentions and motivations to be divined. Characters' imperfect understandings of their surroundings are fostered by their foreignness and drive many of the conflicts in the text, including Siegfried's verbal clash with the Burgundians when he first arrives in Worms, Brunhild's entanglement with Gunther and Siegfried, and the argument between Kriemhild and Brunhild. In addition, this dissertation argues that the constant interaction with the foreign undergone by the court at Worms leads to a change in its culture away from one which sees appearance and reality as one and the same to one that takes advantage of the power granted by a newfound ability to separate Sein from Schein.. Made available in DSpace on 2015-09-28T15:03:47Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license.txt: 4848 bytes, checksum: 96035ab3f5e1c23cc7138a224ce498bd (MD5) 3430850.pdf: 3771286 bytes, checksum: 5cf9f5b61d198982b24ea44f3613a345 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010 Embargo set by: Seth Robbins for item 87627 Lift date: Forever Reason: Restricted to the U of I community idenfinitely during batch ingest of legacy ETDs Restricted to the U of I community idenfinitely during batch ingest of legacy ETDs Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/86346 (MiAaPQ)AAI3430850 eng Literature, Medieval "Occidental Regionalism in the ""Nibelungenlied"": Medieval Paradigms of Foreignness" text Germanic Languages and Literatures Germanic Languages and Literatures University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Dissertation Ph.D.