El presente trabajo pretende, a partir de la lectura intertextual de Frank Wedekind, Sigmund Freud y Jacques Lacan, indagar sobre algunas condiciones de posibilidad de la posición adolescente a comienzos del nuevo siglo. Para ello, adquiere plena vigencia la metáfora el despertar de la primavera, indicando su actualidad y señalando de algún modo el drama del que advendrá el sujeto adolescente en su constitución psíquica. Palabras clave Despertar, Adolescente, Sexualidad, Drama ABSTRACT THE TEENAGE DRAMA OR WHAT IS IT FOR THE BOYS TO MAKE LOVE WITH GIRLS? A READING FROM WEDEKIND TO FREUD AND BEYOND The present work intends, from the intertextual reading of Frank Wedekind, Sigmund Freud and Jacques Lacan, to inquire about some conditions of possibility of the adolescent position at the beginning of the new century. To this end, the metaphor of the spring awakening takes on full force, indicating its actuality and indicating in some way the drama of which the adolescent subject will come in his psychic constitution. Key words Awakening, Teenager, Sexuality, Drama