Denouncement, patriarchy, and collective guilt in Wir töten Stella by Marlen Haushofer

Abstract

This article aims to account for the way in which family and social relationships are generated in Wir töten Stella (1958) by Marlen Haushofer. Anna´s family somehow represents the entire post-war Austrian society which operates as the recipient of the novel´s main claim. A situated critique of the text will be addressed, in relation to categories typical of a sex-gender perspective with the aim of contributing to the critical reading linked to Studies of Gender and Sexualities around Marlen Haushofer.