Transgression and Subversion: Gender in the Picaresque Novel

Published by transcript Verlag 2018

Transgression and Subversion

Gender in the Picaresque Novel

Edited by: Maren Lickhardt , Gregor Schuhen and Hans Rudolf Velten

In the series Gender Studies

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783839444009

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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.

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Maren Lickhardt is a professor of modern German and general literature at Universität Siegen.
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 is a professor of Medieval German literature and language at Universität Siegen. He is project leader in the research program (SFB) »Transformationen des Populären« and has widely published in the fields of vernacular medieval literature and cultural theory. His research interests are: literature and culture of the Late Middle Ages and early modern period, historical anthropology, theater history of the 15th and 16th centuries, and medievalism.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	5
Transgression and Subversion. Far from Gender? An Introduction Maren Lickhardt, Gregor Schuhen and Hans Rudolf Velten Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
The Parent Trap: Mothers and Others in the Spanish Picaresque Anne J. Cruz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
Between Subject, Object, and Abject: Masculinities in the Spanish Picaresque Gregor Schuhen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	33
The Charms of Circe: Narrative Persuasion in Guzmán de Alfarache Timo Kehren Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	47
Gender Trouble Without Subversion: Libro de entretenimiento de la Pícara Justina Hanno Ehrlicher Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	65
Genealogy, Gender, and Genre in Alonso de Castillo Solórzano’s La Garduña de Sevilla (1642) Frank Estelmann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	85
Body and Gender in Till Eulenspiegel Inversions of Masculinity in the 16th century Hans Rudolf Velten Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
Subversion and Stabilization of the Sexes by Transgression in Grimmelshausen’s Courasche (1669) Maren Lickhardt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	131
Role Switching and Gender Marking in the Picaresque Novel Matthias Bauer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	147
Picaresque Narrative and Gender Construction in Wilhelm Raabe’s Lorenz Scheibenhart (1858) and Aus dem Lebensbuch des Schulmeisterleins Michel Haas (1860) Hans-Joachim Jakob Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	163
Masks to Mock the Light: The Authentic Pícara in Marivaux’s La Vie de Marianne Alexandra Schamel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	181
Virile Maturity, Female Linearity, and the Transformation of the Picaresque Novel: Tobias Smollett’s Roderick Random and Daniel Defoe’s Moll Flanders Jens Elze Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	201
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	217

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Language: English
Publisher: transcript Verlag
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 218
Keywords: Picaresque; Early Modern Culture; Masculinity Studies; Modern Novel; Literature; General Literature Studies; German Literature; Gender Studies; Romance Studies; Literary Studies

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Published: September 27, 2018
ISBN: 9783839444009