2005 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Studies in the Origin and Development of the Ancient Novels
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15520171
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
ヨーロッパ語系文学
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| Research Institution | Kyoto University |
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Principal Investigator |
NAKATSUKASA Tetuo Kyoto University, Graduate School of Letters, Professor, 文学研究科, 教授 (50093282)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
TAKAHASHI Hiroyuki Kyoto University, Graduate School of Letters, Professor, 文学研究科, 教授 (30188049)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2003 – 2005
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| Keywords | Ancient novel / Xenophon, Cyropaedia / Hellenistic literature / Vergil, Aeneid / Ovid, Metamorphoses |
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| Research Abstract |
The "Ninus Romance"(1 C BC) is said to be the first ancient Greek novel, but various preceding literary genres should have prepared for a birth of ancient novels. Some argued that it originated from the Oriental literature, some said that it derived from the mysterious texts, and Seneca Major's Declamatio too is one candidate for the forerunner of it.
Nakatsukasa has criticized these theories on the origin of Greek novels, and analyzed the story ‘Pantheia and Abradatas' narrated in the Xenophon's "Cyropaedia", and examined the formation of Periander legends.
Takahashi has examined the Latin epic poetries from a narratological point of view, focusing on Vergil's "Aeneid" and Ovid's "Metamorphoses" : How they applied Greek mythologies to their works so on. Results have been published in his book "Introduction to the Greek Mythology".
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