Transgression and Subversion
Gender in the Picaresque Novel
Is the pícaro, the roguish hero of early modern Spanish adventure fiction, a 'real man'? What position does he hold in the gender hierarchy of his fictional social context? Why is the pícara so 'non-female'? What effect has her gender constitution on her fictional social context?In terms of a gendered subject, the picaresque figure has hardly been analyzed so far. Although scholars have recognized it as a transgressive and subversive model, the 'queer' effect of the figure is yet to be examined. With regard to the categories of class, generation, topography, and gender, the contributions assembled in this volume explore Spanish, French, Engli…
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Weitere Autoren: Schuhen, Gregor (Hrsg.) / Velten, Hans Rudolf (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-3-8394-4400-9
- EAN: 9783839444009
- Produktnummer: 31898762
- Verlag: transcript Verlag
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
- Seitenangabe: 218 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 2'311 KB
- Auflage: 1. Auflage
- Abbildungen: Klebebindung, 3 SW-Abbildungen
Über den Autor
Maren Lickhardt is an assistant professor of German and Media Studies at the University of Innsbruck, Austria. She completed her doctorate at the University of Mainz, Germany, and worked at the German universities of Siegen and Greifswald. Her main research fields are popular culture, culture and literature of the Weimar Republic, and picaresque novels.Gregor Schuhen, born 1973, is professor of Romance literatures at Universität Koblenz-Landau. His main fields of research are gender studies, Spanish and French picaresque novels as well as contemporary forms of littérature engagée.Hans Rudolf Velten (Dr. phil.), born 1961, is professor for Medieval German Literature and Language at the University of Siegen since 2014. His main research areas are medieval and early modern literature, theatre and culture. He has published several books and studies on premodern humour, popular literature and performance as well as on autobiographical writing.
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