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2005 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

A Study of the Tests and Language of Old English Judgement Day Homilies, with Special Reference to the Vercelli Tradition

Research Project

Project/Area Number 15520307
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field English linguistics
Research InstitutionShowa Women's University (2004-2005)
The University of Tokyo (2003)

Principal Investigator

OGAWA Hiroshi  Showa Women's University, Graduate School of Letters, Professor, 文学研究科, 教授 (90029736)

Project Period (FY) 2003 – 2005
KeywordsOld English / prose homilies / Judgement Day / editing / original manuscripts / syntax / style
Research Abstract

With the aid of the research grant for 2003-2005, I have finished the following three things for my project :
1.I have compiled parallel texts of Vercelli Homily II and the later homilies that draw in part upon it for composition (Vercelli XXI, Fadda X and Napier XL), as identified by Donald Scragg and others. The parallel texts, displayed in parallel column on single pages and also stored in computerized form, enable us to see, quickly and comprehensively, which passages the later homilists borrowed from Vercelli II and how they adapted them for use in their own works.
2.Of the three relevant composite homilies, Napier XL is particularly important, because it has four variant texts. I have transcribed one of these (preserved in MS Hatton 114, fols. 1r-4v) afresh from the microfilm of the original manuscript, producing the first complete text of the version of the homily to appear in print. This new text is faithful to the original manuscript text and will hopefully provide a reliable basis for linguistic and literary studies of Napier XL and the Vercelli tradition of the Judgement Day homilies at large.
3.Using the parallel texts and the new text of Napier XL, I have made a linguistic study of Vercelli II and the three later anonymous homilies, to see how these latter used their own methods and approach in reworking the contents and language, syntax and style in particular, of the source, producing new works of their own rather than works of imitation. The results of the study include an article ‘Late Old English Judgement Day Homilies : The Vercelli Tradition in the Tenth and Eleventh Centuries', which I have finished and hope to publish in the near future.

  • Research Products

    (10 results)

All 2006 2005 2004 2003 Other

All Journal Article (9 results) Book (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] 古英詩The Dream of the Roodの頭韻語と頭韻型2006

    • Author(s)
      小川 浩
    • Journal Title

      専修大学ORC研究年報 1(印刷中)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Language and Style in Two Old English Anonymous Easter Homilies2005

    • Author(s)
      Hiroshi Ogawa
    • Journal Title

      Inside Old English : Essays in Honour of Bruce Mitchell, ed.John Walmsley (Oxford : Blackwell Publishing)

      Pages: 203-221

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] 古英語のapo koinouとその周辺2004

    • Author(s)
      小川 浩
    • Journal Title

      言語・情報・テクスト(東京大学大学院総合文化研究科) 11

      Pages: 1-13

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] 二つのanonymous Easter homilies--古英語散文史の一断面2004

    • Author(s)
      小川 浩
    • Journal Title

      英語青年 150巻6号

      Pages: 14-19

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] 古英語のapo koinouとその周辺2004

    • Author(s)
      小川浩
    • Journal Title

      Language Information Text (東京大学大学院総合文化研究科言語情報科学専攻) Vol.11

      Pages: 1-13

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] 二つのanonymous Easter homilies-古英語散文史の一断面2004

    • Author(s)
      小川浩
    • Journal Title

      英語青年 9月号

      Pages: 14-19

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] 書評「小野茂著『フィロロジーのすすめ』」2003

    • Author(s)
      小川 浩
    • Journal Title

      学苑(昭和女子大学) 第756号

      Pages: 113-115

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] 書評:小野茂著『フィロロジーのすすめ』2003

    • Author(s)
      小川浩
    • Journal Title

      昭和女子大学学苑 756号

      Pages: 113-115

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] 言語2003

    • Author(s)
      小川浩
    • Journal Title

      橋口稔編『イギリス文化事典』大修館

      Pages: 18-31

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Book] Language and Style in Two Old English Anonymous Homilies', Inside Old English : Essays in Honour of Bruce Mitchell

    • Author(s)
      Hiroshi Ogawa
    • Publisher
      Oxford : Blackwell Publishing
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より

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Published: 2007-12-13  

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