Artikel
Madwoman and Muse : gender-influenced assessments of sanity in Heimito von Doderer's "Divertimento No I"
Verfasst von:
Kling, Vincent
in:
Modern Austrian literature
Riverside:
2008
,
43 - 63 S.
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| Einrichtung: | Ariadne | Wien |
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| Verfasst von: | Kling, Vincent |
| In: | Modern Austrian literature |
| Jahr: | 2008 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Beschreibung: | |
| The genre designation “divertimento” misleads readers into expecting enterMODERN AUSTRIAN LITERATURE taining, light-hearted fiction, but the seven divertimenti of Heimito von Doderer are marked by states of depression and atmospheres of gloom, as Martin Brinkmann points out. The clinically schizophrenic Rufina is indeed afflicted, but male power structures facilitate her lifelong hospitalization at the hands of a former lover, himself a depressive, and a psychiatrist suspiciously sure of himself. While Rufina had evoked new creativity in Adrian, his new love interest seems about to lead him back to depression. The musical form of the story mirrors the conflict and clarifies its development and outcome. | |
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