2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

A Study of the Maritime Terms in the Roman of Tristan

Research Project

Project/Area Number	21520327
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	European literature (English literature excluded)
Research Institution	Kobe University
Principal Investigator	MIKI Yoshio 神戸大学, 国際コミュニケーションセンター, 教授 (00209735)
Project Period (FY)	2009 – 2011
Keywords	仏文学 / 中世 / 海事
Research Abstract	The first literary works that used the fatal relation of the sea and the man as a motif were variations of the "The Roman of Tristan" story created between the 12^<th> and the 13^<th> century. The current research investigated expressions related to maritime-affairs in all of the mentioned pieces with special attention to terms related to vessels and voyage. The research managed to show that these expressions play an important role in expressing the inner reality of the main character. Additionally, a comparative analysis was carried out by contrasting these expressions with ones from works of the similar like but of different historical times and geographical places. The comparison clearly demonstrates the process of change in the beliefs of medieval men about the sea, and their realization in literary works