You Touched Me! and the Presence of D.H. Lawrence in Tennessee Williams' Work/You Touched Me! e a presenca de D.H. Lawrence na obra de Tennessee Williams

• Published in: Acta Scientiarum. Language and Culture (UEM) 2023-07, Vol.45 (2)
• Main Author: de Toledo, Luis Marcio Arnaut
• Format: Article
• Language: Portuguese
• Subjects: Lawrence, D.H; Williams, Tennessee
• ISSN: 1983-4675
• DOI: 10.4025/actascilangcult.v45i2.64896

This article analyzes You Touched Me!--A Romantic Comedy in Three Acts, a play written by Tennessee Williams and Donald Windham in 1942, an adaptation of The Fox and You Touched Me by D. H. Lawrence. The main objective is to carry out a critical examination of the historical-social conjuncture from the perspective of the characters. However, this assessment moves away from the hegemonic reading of psychological realism, to identify symbolic pairings that get closer to expressionism. What is sought in this reading is to reveal the roots figuration of sexual desire in the axis of capitalism and the characterization of the sexes in the face of stereotypes that denote the author's critical position in relation to the society of their time, especially in relation to femininity and masculinity. It is concluded that the woman's random touch on man is a metaphor that represents the female world of that historical moment and its contradictions: alienated subjectivity and the social protocols warranty. The playwrights, therefore, position themselves as the human condition and society observers, giving rise to reflections that make clear the power and dominion of men over women, a cultural stereotype that maintains the capitalism and sexism status quo. Keywords: dramaturgy; theatre; adaptation; american drama; british literature. Este artigo analisa a peca You Touched Me!--A Romantic Comedy in Three Acts, escrita por Tennessee Williams e Donald Windham em 1942, uma adaptacao de The Fox e You Touched Me de D. H. Lawrence. O objetivo principal e realizar um exame critico da conjuntura historico-social sob o vies dos personagens. Porem, essa avaliacao se desloca da leitura hegemonica de realismo psicologico, para identificar pareamentos simbolicos que tangenciam o expressionismo. O que se busca nessa leitura e revelar as raizes da figuracao do desejo sexual no eixo do capitalismo e a caracterizacao dos sexos em face aos estereotipos que denotam o posicionamento critico dos autores em relacao a sociedade de seu tempo, sobretudo em relacao a feminilidade e a masculinidade. Conclui-se que o toque ao acaso da mulher no homem e uma metafora que figura o mundo feminino daquele momento historico e suas contradicoes: a subjetividade alienada e a congruencia com os protocolos sociais. Os dramaturgos, portanto, posicionam- se como observadores da condicao humana na sociedade, fazendo emergir reflexoes que deixam claro o poder e o dominio do homem sobre a mulher, estereotipo cultu