Editorial. Thinking over Goethe
No Thumbnail Available
Date
Authors
Advisors
Evaluators
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Universidad Industrial de Santander
Abstract
Description
¿Hay que seguir leyendo a Goethe? La germanística tradicional lo sigue prescribiendo. Sin embargo, esa imposición produce antipatía. Eso unido a su conservadurismo político, a su resistencia a las novedades estéticas y a su visión disparatada de la ciencia crean una imagen muy negativa del escritor. Sin embargo, esos motivos de animadversión deben ser matizados. Su conservadurismo es explicable en claves biográficas (un hijo de la burguesía entre nobles). Él no pretendía ser estéticamente innovador, pero muchas de sus obras superaron los límites convencionales de los géneros literarios. Por otra parte, su concepción de la ciencia puede ser entendida como una crítica ecologista al paradigma dominante de su época.
Should we keep reading Goethe? The traditional mainstream in German Studies prescribes it. Nevertheless, such imposition provokes antipathy. This, together with his political conservatism, his resistance to aesthetic novelties and his crazy vision of science, create a very negative image of the writer. But, these motives of animosity must be nuanced. Its conservatism is understandable in biographical keys (he was a son of the bourgeoisie among aristocrats). He did not pretend to be aesthetically innovative, but many of his works overcame the conventional limits of literary genres. Moreover, his conception of science can be understood as an ecological critic to the dominant paradigm of his time.
Should we keep reading Goethe? The traditional mainstream in German Studies prescribes it. Nevertheless, such imposition provokes antipathy. This, together with his political conservatism, his resistance to aesthetic novelties and his crazy vision of science, create a very negative image of the writer. But, these motives of animosity must be nuanced. Its conservatism is understandable in biographical keys (he was a son of the bourgeoisie among aristocrats). He did not pretend to be aesthetically innovative, but many of his works overcame the conventional limits of literary genres. Moreover, his conception of science can be understood as an ecological critic to the dominant paradigm of his time.
Keywords
Goethe, rejection, conservatism, aesthetical, innovation, ecology, action, Goethe, rechazo, política, innovación, ecología, acción