Ulrich, A.

…On the other hand, the novels that increased in number from the middle of the century also have aspects that correspond to the three styles of heroic/courtly novels, pastoral novels, villain novels, and satirical novels. Heroic novels in particular have an encyclopedic content that brings together all the knowledge of the era, and, combined with their expression, they show the true essence of elegant scholarly literature. Ulrich Anton Ulrich's (1633-1714) Aramena (1669-73), which was widely admired and praised by Leibniz, is a five-volume work of about 3,900 pages. At the other end of the spectrum, the representative villain novel is Grimmelshausen's The Adventures of Simplicissimus (1669), which is today considered a masterpiece of world literature, but it was not considered literature in its time and its true value was not recognized until the end of the century. …

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…他方，世紀半ばより数を増した小説も，英雄･宮廷小説，牧人小説，悪者小説および風刺小説と三文体に対応する面をもっているが，ことに英雄小説は時代のあらゆる知識を集成した百科全書的な内容をもち，その表現と相まってまさに典雅な学識文学の真骨頂を示す。広く賛嘆され，ライプニッツも賞賛したウルリヒAnton Ulrich(1633‐1714)の《アラメナ》(1669‐73)は全5巻約3900ページである。それと対極をなす悪者小説の代表は，今日世界文学の傑作に数えられるグリンメルスハウゼンの《ジンプリチシムスの冒険》(1669)だが，同時代では文学とみなされず，世紀末にようやくその真価が認められた。…

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