Queer Theory and Drama: The Impact of Parental Education on the Personality-Construction of Melchior and Wendla in Frank Wedekind´s "Spring Awakening"

By Alexander Löwen

Seminar paper from the year 2013 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1,0, University of Bayreuth, course: Introduction to Queer Theory, language: English, abstract: Frank Wedekind s "Spring Awakening" was undoubtedly a real shocker for its time. Still today every director and actor ask themselves how to approach this extraordinary piece of drama. This paper examines from a queer and psychoanalytic perspectve the personality construction of the two major characters Melchior and Wendla and comes to a serious conclusion which is of interdisciplinary importance.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 365647656X
• ISBN13: 9783656476566
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: Grin Verlag
• Length: 20 Pages
• Weight: 0.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.0" x 7.0" x 10.0"