Metamorphosis in Classical Literature and its Reception in European Modern Literature

变形记故事在欧洲文学中占有显赫的地位。这一流派最著名的作品是奥维德用1C写成的拉丁文《变形记》。公元前。然而，即使在奥维德之前400年，希腊文学中就已经创作了许多关于蜕变的故事。其中现存最古老的著作是《自由安东尼乌斯的变形记》，其中包含41个变形记故事。这部作品意义重大，对奥维德和其他许多后来的作家都产生了巨大的影响。然而，这本书在日本并没有得到很好的研究，而且这本书的日语翻译也从未出版过。因此，在这个研究项目中，我尝试了对《安东尼乌斯·自由主义者的变形记》进行仔细的研究，首先将其翻译成日语，然后对文本进行了非常详细的注释。在注释中，重点放在了以下几个方面：(1)为什么古希腊人的头脑中会出现“变形记”的概念，这对那些自称为“凡人”的人来说意味着什么？奥维德在创作《变形记》时，受到了自由安东尼乌斯的影响有多大？奥维德是如何运用传统的母题来创造自己的独创性的？在这项研究中，奥维德对后期欧洲文学中变形观念的接受研究还不是很深入。这个问题应该留到我以后的研究中去解决。安东尼乌斯·自由主义者的《变形记》的日文译本将在一年内出版，并附有来自Kodan-shaa的评论。

The stories of metamorphosis would claim a conspicuous position in the European literature. The most famous work of this genre would be the Metamorphoses by Ovid written in Latin in1C. BC. However, even 400 years before Ovid, many stories of metamorphosis were already composed in Greek Literature. Among them, the oldest extant work is the Metamorphoses of Antoninus Liberalis, which contains 41 stories of metamorphosis. This work was so significant that it made a great influence on Ovid and many other later writers. It has not, however, been well studied in Japan, and the Japanese translation of this book has never been published. So, in this research project, I tried a close study on Antoninus Liberalis' Metamorphoses, firstly translating it into Japanese, and secondly, putting a very detailed commentary on the text.In the commentary, the emphasis was made on the following points :(1)Why did the concept of "metamorphosis" come out of the mind of the Ancient Greek people, and what does it mean for them who defined themselves as "mortal"? Did they think that the identity of the person would be maintained even after he/she experienced metamorphosis?(2)When Ovid composed his Metamorphoses, how much was he affected by the work of Antoninus Liberalis, and how did Ovid create his originality, by using the traditional motifs?The study on the reception of the idea of metamorphosis in the later European literature was not well developed in this research project. This problem should be left in my future studies. The Japanese translation of Antoninus Liberalis' Metamorphoses will be published with its commentary from Kodan-sha in a year.