Transgression and Subversion

Gender in the Picaresque Novel
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-3-8376-4400-5
Verlag: transcript

Buch, Englisch, 218 Seiten, Kartoniert, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 225 mm, Gewicht: 345 g

Reihe: Gender Studies

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, English, and German novels narratologically from the perspective of culture and gender theories.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lickhardt, Maren

Schuhen, Gregor

Velten, Hans Rudolf

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie

Über Autor(innen)

Velten, Hans Rudolf
Hans Rudolf Velten ist Professor für deutsche Literatur und Sprache des Mittelalters an der Universität Siegen und Projektleiter im SFB 'Transformationen des Populären'. Seine Forschungsschwerpunkte sind Literatur und Kultur des Spätmittelalters sowie der Frühen Neuzeit, historische Anthropologie sowie Theatergeschichte des 15. und 16. Jahrhunderts.

Schuhen, Gregor
Gregor Schuhen, geb. 1973, ist Professor für Romanistik/Literaturwissenschaft an der Universität Koblenz-Landau (Campus Landau). Er publiziert zur literaturwissenschaftlichen Männlichkeits- und Geschlechterforschung, zur Gegenwartsliteratur und zum Schelmenroman.

Lickhardt, Maren
Maren Lickhardt ist Professorin für Neuere deutsche und Allgemeine Literaturwissenschaft an der Universität Siegen.

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 is professor of Romance literature 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.