Queer Theory and Drama

Seminar paper from the year 2013 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature grade: 10 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.