Die Darstelung der Männlichkeit im Roman "Verführungen" (1996) von Marlene Streeruwitz

Abstract

The paper deals with an interpretation of the masculinity in the novel Verführungen, written by Marlene Streeruwitz (∗1950), an Austrian author with a strong feminist position. The hegemonic masculinity represents the most dominant form of masculinity in the society, and was understood in the western countries especially as the traditional, patriarchal masculinity. This sociological concept provides the starting point of the literary analysis.

Keywords

• Marlene Streeruwitz
• feminism
• social and cultural construction of masculinity
• masculinities
• hegemonic masculinity
• literature written by women