2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
The Influence of Senecan Works and Stoicism on Racinian Tragedy
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19520217
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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 |
NAGAMORI Katsuya Kyoto University, 大学院・文学研究科, 准教授 (10324716)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2007 – 2009
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| Keywords | フランス文学 / 悲劇 / セネカ / ラシーヌ / ストア主義 |
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| Research Abstract |
17th century French dramatist Jean Racine is supposed to have been familiar, through Humanistic education, with Neo-stoicism represented by Seneca. But Racine seems to adopt an anti-stoic attitude by stressing upon difficulty or impossibility of controlling passions. On the other hand, Racine endows his main characters with reflexive consciousness, comparable with that we find in Seneca's Heroes. We can say that Racine's reception of Seneca was conscious and critical.
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