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The Neoclassical Grand Tour of Sicily and Goethe’s Italienische Reise

Cristiano Bedin

The Grand Tour tradition is a very important phenomenon of the eighteenthcentury Europe. During this period, English, French and German aristocrats traveled in Italy for educational purposes. At the same time, in the eighteenth century, Greek ancient culture, art and literature attracted the attention of European intellectuals under the influence of the new aesthetic ideas of the German art historian Winckelmann. For this reason – although the eighteencentury Italian journey generally ended in Naples – some courageous travelers went to Sicily and traveled in this remote and unknown island to discover the remaining ruins of classical Greek civilization. In this period there was a serious increase in travel to Sicily, the center of Greek culture in Italy in ancient times. One of the most important foreign writers who traveled to Sicily and described their travel experience is certainly the German poet and writer Johann W. Goethe. The purpose of this article is to analyse the image of Sicily present in the Italienische Reise by Goethe. 

Sicilya’nın Neoklasik Grand Tour’u ve Goethe’nin Italienische Reise Eseri

Cristiano Bedin

Grand Tour geleneği, on sekizinci yüzyılın Avrupa’sında görülen en önemli ve özel olgudur. Bu dönemde İngiliz, Fransız ve Alman genç aristokratları, eğitim amacıyla İtalya’yı gezmek ve tanımak için yola çıkarlardı. Genel olarak İtalya Seyahati Napoli’de son bulurdu.Zamanla bazı cesur seyyahlar Sicilya’ya ulaşmaya ve klasik uygarlığın kalıntılarını keşfederek bu uzak ve bilinmeyen adada seyahat etmeye çalışmışlardı.On sekizinci yüzyılda Alman sanat tarihçisi Winckelmann’ın yeni estetik fikirleri doğrultusunda Yunan antik kültürü, sanatı ve edebiyatı yeniden Avrupa aydınlarının ilgisini çekmeye başlamıştır.Bu nedenle, eski çağdan beri Magna Grecia (Büyük Yunanistan) olarak adlandırılan ve İtalya’daki Yunan kültürünün beşiği olarak bilinen Sicilya’ya doğru yapılan seyahatlerde ciddi bir artış yaşanmıştır. Bu dönemde İtalya seyahatleri sırasında Sicilya’ya kadar giden seyyahları arasında Goethe de bulunmuştur. Bu makalenin esas amacı, Alman yazarı ve şair Goethe’nin İtalienische Reise eserinde rastlanan Sicilya imgesini incelemektir. 

Die neoklassizistische Grand Tour Sizilien und Goethes italienische Reise

Cristiano Bedin

Die Grand Tour-Tradition ist ein sehr bedeutendes Phänomen im Europa des achtzehnten Jahrhunderts. Während dieser Epoche unternahmen englische, französische und deutsche Aristokraten Bildungsreisen in Italien. In dieser Zeit entstand, durch den großen Einfluss der ästhetischen Ideen des deutschen Kunsthistorikers Winkelmann, unter den europäischen Intellektuellen ein reges Interesse für die griechische Kultur, Kunst und Literatur. Aus diesem Grunde gingen einige Mutige Reisenden – obwohl die italienische Reise des achtzehnten Jahrhunderts in der Regel in Neapel endete – bis nach Sizilien und unternahmen Reisen auf dieser abgelegenen und unbekannten Insel, um die verbleibenden Ruinen der klassischen griechischen Zivilisation zu entdecken. Die Anzahl der Reisen nach Sizilien, dem Zentrum der antiken griechischen Kultur in Italien (der Magna Grecia), nahm ernsthaft zu. Einer der bedeutendsten ausländischen Schriftsteller, die nach Sizilien reisten und ihre Reiseerfahrungen beschreiben, war der deutsche Dichter und Schriftsteller Johann W. von Goethe. In diesem Artikel soll das Sizilien-Bild in der Italienischen Reise von Goethe aus verschiedenen Blickwinkeln analysiert werden. 


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