Arthur Schnitzler: immaginare il femminile. Esempi letterari e cinematografici

Abstract

Short stories like Doktor Gräsler Badearzt, Casanova Heimfahrt, Traumnovelle, Spiel im Morgen­grauen and cinematographic adaptations like the ones by Roberto Faenza (1990), Edouard Niermans (1992), Mario Bianchi (1989) and Götz Spielmann (2001) show various examples of female and male imaginative sexual/gender identity: strong emancipated women, weak and subordinated men and ambiguous beings like the chameleon couple Leopoldine/Willi Kasda. In these contexts literature and film no longer define the female imaginative con­struction as a product of male imagination, but rather as a progressive female effort to become independent from traditional male stereotypes.