The work Träume (1754) by the Halle physician and naturalist Johann Gottlob Krüger (1715-1759), understood as a literary construct consisting of an archipelago of dreamlike visions, represents a form of escape from a historically and locally defined context, in which the cross veto between doctors, philosophers and scientists, and between the exponents of these three categories divided by different school positions, implied repeated theoretical duels on the most varied subjects. Krüger's dreams, therefore, in addition to offering nocturnal experiences crowded with strange visions, allow us to face, even in an ironic way - in a free zone and without paying attention to academic protocols - philosophical-scientific theories and debates that occupied the first German Enlightenment. The 'dreamer' becomes the visual, acoustic, tactile, olfactory receptor of the experience and leaves the reader's point of view the possibility of developing an opinion on the situation being staged. This narrative form owes much to the Menippean satire, on which this essay focuses specifically; ample space is given to the analysis of the short form and to Krüger's attention to the vibration theory, a source of scientific (and musical) considerations on the relationship between sympathy and empathy.

L’opera Träume (1754) del medico e naturalista di Halle Johann Gottlob Krüger (1715-1759), intesa come un costrutto letterario consistente in un arcipelago di visioni oniriche, rappresenta una forma di evasione da un contesto storicamente e localmente definito, in cui il veto incrociato tra medici, filosofi e scienziati, e tra gli esponenti di queste tre categorie divisi da differenti posizioni di scuola, implicava reiterati duelli teorici sulle più varie materie. I sogni di Krüger, perciò, oltre ad offrire esperienze notturne affollate di strane visioni, consentono di affrontare, anche in modo ironico – in una zona franca e senza badare a protocolli accademici – teorie e dibattiti filosofico-scientifici che hanno occupato il primo Illuminismo tedesco. Il ‘sognatore’ si fa ricettore visivo, acustico, tattile, olfattivo dell’esperienza e lascia al punto di vista del lettore la possibilità di maturare un’opinione sulla situazione che viene portata in scena. Questa forma narrativa deve molto alla satira menippea, sulla quale questo saggio si sofferma in modo specifico; ampio spazio viene dato all’analisi della forma breve e all’attenzione di Krüger per la teoria vibrazionista, fonte di considerazioni scientifiche (e anche musicali) sul rapporto tra simpatia ed empatia.

(2023). Caleidoscopio onirico: il formato e la narrazione del sogno nei "Träume" di Johann Gottlob Krüger . Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10446/246149

Caleidoscopio onirico: il formato e la narrazione del sogno nei "Träume" di Johann Gottlob Krüger

Agazzi, Elena
2023-01-01

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The work Träume (1754) by the Halle physician and naturalist Johann Gottlob Krüger (1715-1759), understood as a literary construct consisting of an archipelago of dreamlike visions, represents a form of escape from a historically and locally defined context, in which the cross veto between doctors, philosophers and scientists, and between the exponents of these three categories divided by different school positions, implied repeated theoretical duels on the most varied subjects. Krüger's dreams, therefore, in addition to offering nocturnal experiences crowded with strange visions, allow us to face, even in an ironic way - in a free zone and without paying attention to academic protocols - philosophical-scientific theories and debates that occupied the first German Enlightenment. The 'dreamer' becomes the visual, acoustic, tactile, olfactory receptor of the experience and leaves the reader's point of view the possibility of developing an opinion on the situation being staged. This narrative form owes much to the Menippean satire, on which this essay focuses specifically; ample space is given to the analysis of the short form and to Krüger's attention to the vibration theory, a source of scientific (and musical) considerations on the relationship between sympathy and empathy.
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