Literacki obraz strachu w Rolandslied Pfaffe Konrada w kontekście Chanson de Roland

The literary work Rolandslied, written at the end of the 12th century by Pfaffe Konrad, most probably at the behest of Henry the Lion, is a transformation of the history known from the French literary work Chanson de Roland, written three quarters of a century earlier. It is an interesting example of adjusting French patterns to the expectations of recipients at German courts. In the epilogue he added, Konrad takes up the topic of the relationship between his version and the French one. This article carries out the comparative analysis, in the line with the trend of the humanities of affects, is an attempt to answer many research questions. Why in Konrad’s work the opposition of attitudes is depicted precisely with the help of fear, and can the source for such an approach be found in earlier models? What explains the important role of fear in the key scene of this literary work? What literary strategies are developed according the theme of fear? What are the sources of these strategies?