Sex Changes with Kleist

Analyses how the dramatist and poet Heinrich von Kleist (1777-1811) responded to a change in the conception of sex and gender that occurred between 1790 and 1810. Specifically, Katrin Pahl shows that Kleist resisted the shift from a one-sex to the two-sex and complementary gender system that is still prevalent today.

Analizeaza modul in care dramaturgul si poetul Heinrich von Kleist (1777-1811) au raspuns la o schimbare a conceptiei despre sex si gen care a avut loc intre 1790 si 1810. Mai exact, Katrin Pahl arata ca Kleist a rezistat trecerii de la un singur sex la cele doua. -sexul si sistemul complementar de gen care este inca predominant astazi.