Geschlechterrollen in Irmgard Keuns Romanen: Gilgi – eine von uns und Das kunstseidene Mädchen im Zeichen der Zeit.

The subject of this thesis is to examine gender roles in the novels Gilgi – eine von uns and Das kunstseidende Mädchen by Irmgard Keun. She was a successful female writer before the Nazi Party took control of Germany in 1933. The findings of this study indicate that Keun novels show a realistic picture of Germany’s men-dominated society in the early 1930s.