Reflection of the literary work The tribulations of the student Törless
Robert Musil was an Austrian writer, which in 1906 publishes his master workIt is one of the most important issues that addresses literary work, related to other issues such as homosexualism, masochism and sadism, issues considered taboús for the time, since, within it, society rejected the idea of having sexual relationsBetween men.
Musil criticizes, through the literary work to the double standard that is lived in internships and in the military academies, revealing emotions without limits, these emotions were lived by four students in one of the most prestigious internships of Austrohungal Empire. Törless, Reiting, Beineberg and Basini venture into practicing sex, out of curiosity and for play, but this adventure ends leaving serious emotional problems, especially for the boy who lent his body for the delight of others, the young Basini, this boyBy having thin contexture and a sensitivity not well seen for the men of that time it is easy for reiting manipulations, revealing the theme of homosexualism.
The religious context was the greatest difficulty Törless had to secretly keep the first instincts of sexual charm. Society was quite religious among the precepts, it is manifested that a relationship between the same sex is an aberration and a sin in the eyes of God, what was accepted was heterosexuality, with the purpose of institutionalizing a family, therefore, therefore,This feeling is also part of a cultural context.
All the contexts presented by the novel reveals the thought of that time, in which in secret or in secret, impute behaviors are made, at a stage that must necessarily be conducted and guided, to avoid garrafales errors, such as those lived by the four charactersthat they regret their actions, leaving in the reader a deep reflection on the decisions taken.
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Homosexualism as a taboo subject.
Robert Mussil was an Austrian writer belonged to a family of low nobility, his education was carried out in boarding schools, most families educated their children in this modality, becoming a custom of the time;Subsequently, he will help him write his first literary work. "The tribulations of the Törless student". Another of the works that led him almost his whole life was "The man without attributes", in which his opposite thinking is appreciated to the events that occurred in World War I.
The tribulations of the Törless student was published in the year of 1906 in which several situations of the main character are analyzed, relating to the life of Musil, the experiences acquired in the internships of his childhood and adolescence are those that are reflected in the life of theYoung Törless. The boy belongs to a wealthy family believes that it is the best thing that his parents could do so that his education is helpful is to send him to the best internship of the Austrohungal Empire, but once there, he feels loneliness for not being with his parents and for the differentPhysiological and emotional changes that were coming from the stage he was going through, had left puberty and was at the gates of adolescence.
In the literary work, different issues related to the sexuality of the young Törless are mentioned, in which Sadism, homosexualism and masochism propitiated by other youngsters who attended the same stage were found, these boys were curious about sex, at that timeThere was no talk of that issue, young people had to discover for themselves. Beineberg, Basini and Raiting are Törless companions will be the causes so that it prematurely abandons the boarding school that was characterized by the formation of values especially in the disciplinary field, in addition to being the best reference of the empire in the academic aspect.
In this work, the issue of homosexualism will be analyzed, taboo theme for that time, the sexual attraction between the same sex or gender, it is not usual, it is for that reason that the following question arises, to what extent the homosexualism is evidenced in theCharacters of the literary work “The tribulations of the student Törless?
In the literary work, homosexualism is evidenced by the circumstances that they have to live in the boardingThe weakest young man of the boarding school called Basini, who perhaps for his own hormonal need and for being the object of frequent abuses of Beineberg and Raithing was the sexual instrument for these young people;However, Törless was no exception, his values that were under religious regulations, little by little he began to unlearn when he was attracted to that boy who had previously repudiated:
-I already talked to Reiting, ”said Beineberg," and we have fixed everything. To you, of course you are not interested in these things. Törless felt as anger and jealous before this new turn of the situation;And he didn’t know whether to mention, in the presence of Reiting, the night conversation he had had with Beineberg.
Other important events that would help recognize the sexual identity of the young Törless is at the time they stop and the other companions go excited to flirt with peasant girls who were on the road, but Törless was Immune did not catch his attention;In addition, Törless has another event, when with Beineberg they visit Bozena:
“Bozena gently sank his hand with his fingers open in Törless’s hair. Come on, don’t be silly. kiss Me. Fine and distinguished men are not from Alfeñique and tilted his head back."
Bozena did not wake up any sexual fantasy in the boy, all these experiences tormented him because he did not move like the other boys of the same age, something was happening, that new feeling was ashamed, but fought with himself, to be able to abolish his new sensations,that made him doubt their sexual identity.
Raithing was the strongest and most determined in relation to the other colleagues, he knew what he did and easily manipulated the group, everyone knew that he had to take care of this character, it was preferable to be a friend than to look for him as an enemy. It was the one who abused Basini, to the point that the boy was afraid of him and admitted any abuse towards him, not only because of his temperament, but also because this character had discovered the stolen committed to Beineberg, which is why, he never opposedThe sexual requirements that he asked him, Törless knew it well, but he could not feel repudiation, rather it was a new stimulus that required forcefully.
The theme of homosexualism is appreciated at the moment in which both Beineberg and Reiting use Basini sexually, knowing that this act was repudiated and a very serious offense for the time. Törless limited himself to knowing that truth that at the beginning begins to harm, at the same time that Basini reveals the night meetings he has with the aforementioned companions, Basini only has to accept the scourges and sexual whims. Törless from this revelation imagines Basini’s naked body, awakening homoerotism, since Törless gets excited without being able to control her stimuli. An uncontrollable enjoyment awakens Basini’s naked body. The excitation of Törless is the first sample of its beginnings of homosexualism because it was excited in the presence of a man.
With his arm he continued even pushing Basini’s body, but now he was invaded by a wet, heavy lukewarm. The muscles were numbed, forgot about them … Only when another torrent of moving words came to him, he woke up from that state, because he suddenly felt like something terribly unattainable- who like dreams- his dreams- his hands had just attracted Basini towards him.”(Mussil, 1906, P.86).
The written text tells us that when Törless was with Basini, he wanted to separate him, but then he began to have wet sensations with his physique, his contexture began to catch him, because the stimuli were pleasant causing pleasure and madness;However, the boy’s regrets and weakness were injured and irritated him, which is why he decides to move away from Basini, he did not want to continue with that game, his first stimulus of his desire had declined, he definitely turned away from Basini.
What had previously dazzled him, now caused abomination, but not only was Basini, it was the entire boarding, nor to the distinguished plant of teachers and managers of the boarding school, now I just wanted.
Finally, Törless had suffered a lot of time to feel incomprehensible sensations with Basini and Beineberg, especially when he wants to see female contours in Basini, dazzled by that slender and beautiful body, Törless is dragged by desires, evidencing the theme of homosexualism. In the same way you can see in Reiting and Beineberg, young people who need to let off steam hormonally, but for this they look sexually the young Basini. The work leaves us a deep reflection on the importance of addressing issues such as sexuality, in addition to the serious consequences of being in a totally male environment, when it is in a stage of physiological and emotional changes, the same ones that occur in adolescence. Törless as well as his boarding schools secretly saved the memories of his first sexual desires, because he is a taboo to have experienced with a young man instead of a young girl.
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