Author: Vanovitch, Katherine.
Title: Female roles in east German drama, 1949-1977 : a selective history of drama in the GDR.
Description: Frankfurt am Main : Peter Lang, 1982. Paperback. 172 pp. 21 cm. (Europäische Hochschulschriften. Reihe 1, Deutsche Sprache und Literatur. Band 483). Mailorder only - Alleen verzending mogelijk. Book condition : very good. - Female roles are analyzed in terms of their function within the dramatic structure of each play and in relation to a changing social and cultural backcloth. Since the fourteen (male) authors are considered chronologically, the work affords both an introduction to the method of each dramatist and also a commentary on the development of literary and political approaches, from the foundation of the GDR until the mid-seventies. Female characters move into more diverse roles as they are increasingly defined by their own employment, political commitment and sexuality. The symbolic use of female characters as lovers, mothers and moral pedagogues, which derives from older traditions, is sustained, but with significant changes in the social expression of these roles. ISBN 9783820457377.

Keywords: LITERARY CRITICISM,