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Greek Epic of the Roman Empire: A Cultural History

罗马帝国的希腊史诗：文化史

基本信息

批准号：
AH/L004798/2
负责人：
Tim Whitmarsh
金额：
$ 69.92万
依托单位：
University of Cambridge
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Research Grant
财政年份：
2014
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2014 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FL004798%2F2
关键词：
Greek Epic Roman Empire Cultural

项目摘要

This project provides the first systematic analysis, in cultural-historical terms, of the large and challenging corpus of Greek epic poetry composed between the 1st and the 6th centuries CE. Epic was, for Greeks throughout antiquity, the most prestigious literary form, the apex of the hierarchy of genres. Through it they articulated their conceptions of war, empire, mortality, religion, gender, the natural order, psychology and cultural identity. Given the immense transformations that the era in question saw - the emergence of Rome as the head of a world empire, the subsequent shift to Constantinople, Christianisation, the laying of the social foundations for mediaeval Europe - its epic poetry offers an invaluable dossier, an unparalleled opportunity to explore the worldview of a highly erudite culture that was at once saturated in the literary paradigms of the distant past and confronting a rapidly changing future. Given the unquestionable centrality of epic to Greek culture, and given the significance of the historical changes wrought in late antiquity, the absence of any synoptic, contextualised study of the epic of this era is a major (indeed the greatest, we would argue) gap within ancient literary and cultural studies. 'Greek Epic of the Roman Empire' draws on this under-exploited material to explore central issues of cultural history, posing questions of politics, class and demography, religion, gender, sexuality, cultural definition and the relationship with the natural world. What kind of figures composed this poetry, what was their status and background, where were they trained, what kind of institutional factors shaped them? How does epic express the transformation from a Greco-Roman to a Christian religious world? How does it explore, promote, or challenge new constructions of gender and sexuality? What kind of an expression of Greek identity is it within this rapidly changing world? And how does it position humanity in relation to the natural environment, particularly to animals?In sum, this project offers the first rounded portrait of the human subject as it appears in this vast and complex (but hugely significant) body of literature.The project has been made possible by the compilation of the first ever complete database of imperial Greek epic poetry, which has thrown up around 1000 poems, fragments and references in the literary, papyrological and epigraphic records. As well as scholarly publications, the project will also produce the first comprehensive set of translations of the poetic corpus of the era, published by the University of California Press. It will have a substantial web presence, containing materials for public use (including videos) and a user-friendly, searchable version of the database. There will also be a conference, held in common with an art-historical sister project, 'Empires of Faith'.

该项目提供了第一个系统的分析，在文化历史方面，希腊史诗的大型和具有挑战性的语料库之间组成的第1和第6世纪CE。对于古代的希腊人来说，史诗是最有声望的文学形式，是体裁等级的顶点。通过它，他们表达了他们对战争、帝国、死亡、宗教、性别、自然秩序、心理学和文化认同的概念。考虑到这个时代所经历的巨大变革--罗马作为世界帝国之首的出现，随后向君士坦丁堡的转移，基督教化，中世纪欧洲社会基础的奠定--它的史诗提供了一份无价的档案，这是一个无与伦比的机会，可以探索一个高度博学的文化的世界观，这个文化曾经浸透在遥远的过去的文学范式中，面对瞬息万变的未来鉴于史诗在希腊文化中的中心地位是毋庸置疑的，鉴于古代晚期所造成的历史变化的重要性，对这一时代的史诗缺乏任何综观的、语境化的研究是古代文学和文化研究中的一个主要（我们认为确实是最大的）空白。《罗马帝国的希腊史诗》利用这些未被充分利用的材料来探讨文化历史的中心问题，提出了政治、阶级和人口、宗教、性别、性、文化定义以及与自然世界的关系等问题。是什么样的人物创作了这首诗，他们的身份和背景是什么，他们在哪里受过训练，是什么样的制度因素塑造了他们？史诗是如何表达从希腊罗马到基督教宗教世界的转变的？它如何探索、促进或挑战性别和性的新结构？在这个快速变化的世界里，它是希腊身份的一种什么样的表达？它如何将人类与自然环境，特别是与动物的关系定位？总而言之，这个项目提供了人类主体在这个庞大而复杂（但意义重大）的文学作品中出现的第一个全面的肖像。这个项目是通过编纂有史以来第一个完整的希腊帝国史诗数据库而实现的，该数据库已经在文学，纸莎草和金石记录中收录了大约1000首诗歌，片段和参考资料。除了学术出版物，该项目还将产生第一套全面的翻译诗歌语料库的时代，由加州大学出版社出版。它将拥有大量的网络存在，包含供公众使用的材料（包括视频）和用户友好的、可搜索的数据库版本。还将举行一个会议，与艺术历史的姐妹项目“信仰帝国”共同举行。