Mythic Minds Evening
Saturday November 4th
Tim Jackson
Associate Professor of German TCD
Video 1
‘The Nibelungenlied: an epic after its time?’
Tim speaks to the medieval roots of the great German epic
And the connections with the Courtly Love Romantic Tradition
Then On the second Video next page
Video 2
‘The Nibelungenlied: an epic after its time?’
Tim describes the Romantic Genre ‘happy ending” in marked
Contrast to the Tragic endings. Also the ambiguity in key characters.
