A Philological and Comparative-Literary Study on the Origins and Developments of the Expression of the View on Life and Death in Western Classical Literature

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26370367
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: European literature
• Research Institution: International Christian University
• Principal Investigator: SANO Yoshinori 国際基督教大学, 教養学部, 教授 (50295458)
• Research Collaborator: Malcolm Davies オックスフォード大学, The Classics Faculty, 教授 ; Stephen Harrison オックスフォード大学, The Classics Faculty, 教授 ; Patrick Finglass ノッティンガム大学, Department of Classics, 教授 ; Philip van der Eijk ベルリン・フンボルト大学, Institute für Klassische Philologie, 教授
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 西洋古典文学 / 文献学 / 比較文学 / 死生観 / 『イーリアス』 / 『オデュッセイア』 / ヘロドトス / セイレーン

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research project elucidated views of life and death in major works in respect of expressions, based on philological foundational research. Representative texts were examined from philological and comparative-literary perspectives: (as for origins of these expressions) paradigmatic stories spoken by characters in the Iliad, the deaths of the suitors in Odyssey 22, (as for developments of these expressions) the meeting scene of Croesus and Solon in Herodotus’ Histories I, and depictions of the Sirens in various works. The results of these researches were made public through conference presentations and academic articles.

Free Research Field

西洋古典学。特に古典ギリシア叙事詩・抒情詩・演劇、およびその受容史