Idealizing, Demonizing, Psychologizing: On the Career of the Judith Figure in German-Language Drama of the Nineteenth Century

Authors

  • Sigrid Nieberle Universität Greifswald, Institut für Deutsche Philologie

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14766/482

Keywords:

Literatur, Neuzeit, Psychoanalyse, Theater, Geschlecht, Gender

Abstract

Based on three Judith dramas (Keller 1808, Anonymous 1818, and Hebbel 1841), Gabrijela Mecky Zaragoza’s study proves the container-thesis from feminist psychoanalysis developed by Christa Rohde-Dachser: The feminine in culture is domesticated by male hegemonic discourse produced within defined spaces—such as in within fiction or theater—and thus overcome as a moment inspiring terror and fear in the masculine. Mecky Zaragoza theorizes that the more diffuse the author’s fears are, both in the context of his life sphere and his psychological confrontations, the more he distances his Judith adaptation (and himself) from the biblical model.

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Published

2006-11-07

Issue

No. 20 (2006): Politik

Section

Offener Teil

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