Medieval German Literature from the Perspective of a Japanese Scholar of German Studies

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23520358
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: European literature (English literature excluded)
• Research Institution: Hokkaido University
• Principal Investigator: TERADA Tatsuo 北海道大学, メディア・コミュニケーション研究院, 教授 (30197800)
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-28 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 中世ドイツ文学 / 異文化研究 / 英雄叙事詩 / 軍記物語 / リーンハルト・ショイベルの英雄本

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This project yielded the following results: 1. The Gunki Monogatari (Japanese heroic poetry) is usually not the subject of 'Western' research on epics. However, Japanese heroic poetry and Western heroic poetry share common characteristics despite different literary traditions. Therefore, the Gunki Monogatari should be considered a variation of heroic poetry. The term heroic poetry would be an appropriate term to characterize both genres. 2. This project advanced the investigation of the vocabulary of‘Lienhart Scheubels Heldenbuch' (about 1480-90) and clarified some tendencies of “Virginal” and other works discussed in this manuscript. 3. Another paper related to this research project analyses the background of the “Nibelungenlied” boom in research and proposes to apply scholarly methods to other genres of medieval literature, especially with regards to successful online publication.

Free Research Field

ドイツ文学