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Die emotionale Bedeutung der grünen Farbe in den Liedern der Sammlung "Des Knaben Wunderhorn"
(2011)
Colour symbolism is one of the means of expressing emotion. This paper focuses on the colour green, whose symbolism is derived from nature. In the collection 'Des Knaben Wunderhorn', green occurs in emotional contexts as a means of overcoming grief or in connection with love and eroticism, as it provides lovers with an environment in which to express their love. Green also occurs as an attribute in erotic symbols and in descriptions of the springtime awakening of the countryside, where it conveys joy and hope.
The article focuses on traditional expressive schemata used in the collection "Des Knaben Wunderhorn" to depict scenes of eroticism and sexuality. The analysis is based on the observation that the dominant emotion in the collection is love – which is often described in erotic terms in the songs – and that the collection is dominated by songs from the medieval period, meaning that it contains schemata which are frequently euphemistic in character and have been passed down since the period of Minnesang.
