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1995 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Study of Transmission of Ancient Greek and Roman Literature

Research Project

Project/Area Number 05610424
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field 文学一般(含文学論・比較文学)・西洋古典
Research InstitutionNagoya University

Principal Investigator

OGAWA Masahiro  Nagoya University, School of Letters, Professor, 文学部, 教授 (40127064)

Project Period (FY) 1993 – 1995
KeywordsGreece / Rome / Oral poetry / book / Folklore / Myth / Homer / Orient
Research Abstract

The oldest extant literature of Greek and Roman antiquity is Homer's epic poems which were formed during the eighth century BC.There was a tradition of the oral creation and transmission behind the Homeric literature. On the other hand the Greek alphabet was invented between the tenth and the eighth century BC and its usage was being propagated slowly in the Homeric times. It resulted from these circumstances that Homer's poems were recorded in letters and were left to us in the form of book, although the mainstream of the transmission of Greek literature after that was still the oral performance for a log time.
Oral creation and transmission can be regarded as a form of open culure. Therefore the Homeric epics accepted and integrated various myths and folklore so that they grew into a big tree and became the greatest monument of ancient Greek culture. But it was not only the oral culture of Greek world that they absorbed and assimilated. As Homer lived and worked in Ionia, the west coast of Asia Minor, where people had made cultural exchanges since old times, we can find in the Homeric works many influences of oriental literary culture.
This study aimed to clarify various forms of transmission of the ancient literature, especially those of the Greek and Roman epic poetry from Homer's on. We considered interactions between orality and lietracy, but we also paid attention to the questions on acceptance and transformation of the traditional mythic stories which had certain structures. Particularly we were interested in the connections between the Greek and Roman literature and the oriental traditions, which we hope to continue to investigate in our future works.

  • Research Products

    (10 results)

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All Publications (10 results)

  • [Publications] 小川正廣: "ウェルギリウス評価の変遷-古代から現代まで-" 名古屋大学文学部研究論集. 115. 215-233 (1993)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Publications] 小川正廣: "岡先生とラテン文学" 西洋古典論集. 11. 15-23 (1994)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Publications] 小川正廣: "『アエネイス』における英雄の死" 西洋古典学研究. 43. 75-86 (1995)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Publications] 小川正廣: "民話から叙事詩へ-アキレウスの選択とポイニクスの訓話-" 名古屋大学文学部研究論集. 124. 183-218 (1996)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Publications] 小川正廣: "ウェルギリウス研究-ローマ詩人の創造-" 京都大学学術出版会, 600 (1994)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Publications] Masahiro Ogawa: "Changing Views on Virgil" The Journal of the Faculty of Letters Nagoya University. 115. 215-233 (1993)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Publications] Masahiro Ogawa: "Professor Oka and Latin Literature" Classical Studies. 11. 15-23 (1994)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Publications] Masahiro Ogawa: "Hero and Death in the Aeneid" Journal of Classical Studies. 43. 75-86 (1995)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Publications] Masahiro Ogawa: "From Folktale to Epic" The Journal of the Faculty of Letters Nagoya University. 124. 183-218 (1996)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Publications] Masahiro Ogawa: Studies in Virgil. The Creative Roman Poet. Kyoto University Press, 600 (1994)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より

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Published: 1997-03-04  

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