{"title":"The Discovery of Self and Others Through Movement in Goethe's Lehrjahre and Wanderjahre","authors":"Susan E. Gustafson","doi":"10.1353/gyr.2022.0014","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:This essay outlines Goethe's portrayal of movement as an essential form of nonverbal communication in his essay Über Laokoon and in Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre and Wilhelm Meister's Wanderjahre. Goethe's depiction of movement as a venue through which people can express themselves and can understand those who are moving predates and aligns with modern theories of movement. Both Goethe and modern theorists highlight that physical movement is an essential nonverbal form of self-expression that draws people together as they become aware of both the emotions that are being expressed and their emotional reactions to and interpretations of those physical movements.","PeriodicalId":385309,"journal":{"name":"Goethe Yearbook","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2022-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Goethe Yearbook","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1353/gyr.2022.0014","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract:This essay outlines Goethe's portrayal of movement as an essential form of nonverbal communication in his essay Über Laokoon and in Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre and Wilhelm Meister's Wanderjahre. Goethe's depiction of movement as a venue through which people can express themselves and can understand those who are moving predates and aligns with modern theories of movement. Both Goethe and modern theorists highlight that physical movement is an essential nonverbal form of self-expression that draws people together as they become aware of both the emotions that are being expressed and their emotional reactions to and interpretations of those physical movements.