Understanding the Iliad and the identity of Europe

2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 21520310
• 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: Hokkaido University
• Principal Investigator: ANZAI Makoto 北海道大学, 大学院・文学研究科, 教授 (90143320)
• Project Period (FY): 2009 – 2011
• Keywords: ヨーロッパ / アジア / イリアス / 古典文学の社会的価値

Research Abstract

The Iliad is the oldest epic poem produced in Ancient Greece. Since the Age of Renaissance Europeans have thought the Greeks their cultural father and have exploited the Greece as a central term to fabricate the notion of united community of Europe. This exploitation has made the Homeric study one of the central subjects in humanities in Europe but at the same time made some crucial parts of Homeric Poems difficult to see from a proper viewpoint. In this 3-year project the researcher has tried to show that if a researcher who is out of the tradition of Europe challenged these crucial difficulties with conscience that he is

Research Products

• [Journal Article] 英雄叙事詩を演じる英雄:Iliad 9.182.95 (2012)
  • Author(s): 安西眞
  • Journal Title: フィロロギカ Volume: 7巻 Pages: 51-76
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] アキレウスの盾の描写とアキレウス (2010)
  • Author(s): 安西眞
  • Journal Title: フィロロギカ Volume: 5巻 Pages: 46-48
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Tetsuro Watsuji as one of the Pioneering Classicists in Japan and the Iliad
  • Author(s): Makoto Anzai
  • Journal Title: Japan Studies in Classical Antiquity Volume: 1巻 Pages: 43-61
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] Homer and Hesiod on Two Societies : Hellenes and Barbaroi (2011)
  • Author(s): 安西眞
  • Organizer: 韓国ギリシアローマ協会主催第6回国際研究会
  • Place of Presentation: 際研究会、2011年10月22日、
  • Year and Date: 2011-10-22
• [Presentation] 『イリアス』9.182-195 (2011)
  • Author(s): 安西眞
  • Organizer: 第11回フィロロギカ研究集会
  • Place of Presentation: 東京大学(駒場)
  • Year and Date: 2011-10-15
• [Presentation] 北海道大学+古典文献学研究会主催 (2011)
  • Author(s): 安西眞、Homer and Hesiod
  • Organizer: 北海道大学夏期古典文献学国際研究集会
  • Place of Presentation: 北海道大学
  • Year and Date: 2011-07-31
• [Presentation] アキレウスの盾の描写とアキレウス (2009)
  • Author(s): 安西眞
  • Organizer: 第9回フィロロギカ研究集会
  • Place of Presentation: 東京大学(本郷)
  • Year and Date: 2009-10-17
• [Book] 近代精神と古典解釈 (2012)
  • Author(s): 安西眞,ほか
  • Total Pages: 320(163-190)
  • Publisher: 財団法人国際高等研究所
• [Book] (2010)
  • Author(s): 安西眞,ほか
  • Total Pages: 296(253-275)
  • Publisher: 北海道大学出版会