POETICS OF MEDIEVAL CHIVALRIC LITERATURE: AN ANALYSIS OF "PARZIVAL"

This article provides a comprehensive and in-depth analysis of the poetics of medieval chivalric literature based on Wolfram von Eschenbach’s Parzival. The study explores the chivalric ideal not merely as physical bravery and martial excellence, but as a complex process of moral refinement, spiritual purification, and inner transformation. The research examines the major poetic components of the text, including symbolic systems, allegorical structures, narrative motifs, and overall narrative composition. Special emphasis is placed on the Grail motif, which is interpreted as a universal symbol of human spiritual quest, the search for ultimate truth, and the stages of cognitive and ethical development. The figure of Parzival is analyzed as a literary model of personal and spiritual growth, characterized by mistakes, trials, and gradual moral maturation. The article also highlights the religious and philosophical foundations of medieval poetics and its significant influence on the subsequent development of European literary tradition.