Friedrich Hebbels und Hermann Brochs Frauengestalten in einer Gender-Studies Richtung

This book is the result of a comparative research work which includes the textual analysis of Friedrich Hebbel's dramatic works and Hermann Broch's novels. The comparison is mainly constructed on the characterization of the female figures through the male perspective of the writer and his social and historical setting. The research has showed how different times and societies have not changed in their male perspective while describing female characters literally even though the outside context of the every day life has on the contrary demonstrates that women have improved their role quite a lot. In this sense the literary dimension of the imaginative power of writing does not coincide with the concrete real contextualisation of women's life.