Transgression and Subversion: Gender in the Picaresque Novel

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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.

About the author

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

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.

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.

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