无比迷人又神秘不可预测的西西里岛(2 ) J17
发表时间:2021-07-20 15:49 A strand of popular heterodoxy endured, half-surfacing as superstition, the secret worship of polytheistic deities and even the practice of magic. But among the results of Sicily’s incorporation into the Spanish Empire was that it was barely affected by Renaissance humanism. Being part of the empire did, however, shield it from the worst effects of the decline in Mediterranean trade prompted by the colonisation of the Americas. And, after Sicily became part of the Kingdom of Naples, it got a whiff of the Enlightenment, thanks to the Bourbon monarch who would become Charles III of Spain. A second apparent liberation, by Giuseppe Garibaldi and a small army of Italian nationalists, again turned sour: Italy’s new, Piedmontese rulers bungled the peace that followed, and Sicily’s nascent Mafia exploited the chaos. 一连串风靡一时的异端邪说持续蔓延,迷信、对多神教神灵的秘密崇拜,甚至是魔法实践涌出水面。西西里并入西班牙帝国产生了诸多后果,但它几乎没有受到文艺复兴人文主义的影响。然而,作为帝国的一部分,它确实避免了美洲殖民引发的地中海贸易衰落所带来的最坏影响。在成为那不勒斯王国的一部分后,幸亏有了波旁王朝君主西班牙查理三世,西西里岛受到了启蒙运动的影响。由朱塞佩·加里波第和一小群意大利民族主义者领导的第二次浮于表面的解放运动再次失败:意大利新的皮埃蒙特统治者打破了随后到来的和平,而西西里新生的黑手党利用了这次混乱。 Mr Mackay is at his best when he weaves concise descriptions of customs, social changes, legends and cultural glories through this tumultuous narrative. Artistically, Sicily’s historical relationship with the Italian mainland bears some similarity to Ireland’s with Britain: an island with a disproportionately small middle class, sandwiched between a vast, uneducated peasantry and a landowning aristocracy largely indifferent to culture, which nevertheless produced a string of literary, artistic and musical giants. Vincenzo Bellini, Giovanni Verga, Luigi Pirandello, Leonardo Sciascia, Renato Guttuso, Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa and, most recently, Andrea Camilleri, were all Sicilians 21世纪外语培训: 合肥合肥21世纪学校滨湖校区~ 滨湖新区庐州大道与紫云路交汇处D座508 学校校官网: www.ah21.com 咨询热线: 0551-63699433或13515659169(微信同号) |