Frame elements in the earliest German Fastnacht plays

Frame elements of early Nürnberg Fastnacht plays were examined with respect to audience-play relationships and staging, and compared with other, contemporary dramas. Possible source of Fastnacht-play prologues and epilogues and Passion-play prologues were found in the very simple Fastnacht speeches, and in the Silete. It was hypothesized that Vagantes helped adapt the latter to secularized contexts and transmitted the Passion-play prologue and staging to Tirolean secular plays. These later influenced the Nürnberg prologues. The Nürnberg frames preserved an "open" form; but one type of "closed" drama specific to the Nürnberg stage discarded or absorbed the prologue.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts

Level thesis:degree_level

Masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Germanic Studies

Grantor

The University of Texas at Austin

Year dc:date.issued

1968

Author dc:creator

• Manning, Phyllis Johnston, 1940-

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Michael, Wolfgang F. (Wolfgang Friedrich), 1909-

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright © is held by the author. Presentation of this material on the Libraries' web site by University Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin was made possible under a limited license grant from the author who has retained all copyrights in the works.

Language dc:language.iso

en

Identifier

doi:10.15781/T2SF2MB68

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:repositories.lib.utexas.edu:2152/37883