The epic tradition and its trans to rmation in classical literature

在两年的项目期间，我们的研究工作稳步进行。在第一年（1995年），我们做了希腊和拉丁文学，特别是史诗和其他相关的体裁，如抒情诗和戏剧的一般调查。这一调查有助于全面了解史诗传统的范围和影响。它现在作为一本由Itsumi写的古典文学的普通读者的书出版。同时，我们努力收集研究所需的文献和其他资料。并从形式和内在两个方面对《文选》的原文进行分析。在这一考察过程中，我们更加清楚地发现了希腊化罗马时代诗歌原则创新的重要性，并将关注点转向了史诗、说教诗和挽歌诗等希腊化诗歌体裁。因此，在第二年（1996年），我们选择了作为我们的个人研究的主题的“现象”的阿拉图斯（Itsumi）和“艺术Amatoria”的奥维德（Oshiba）。前者是一首说教诗，是从希腊到拉丁说教诗传统中的一部枢纽作品，而后者本身又是史诗传统的一个重要支流。后者是罗马爱情挽歌历史的尾声，是拉丁文在挽歌诗传统中的一个更重要的发展，挽歌诗也是一种类似于史诗的体裁。我们的研究结果已发表在《Jimbun Gakuho》第276期。通过这种研究，我们不仅可以重新认识到史诗传统的强大影响，而且可以肯定，与史诗相关的体裁，如说教诗和爱情挽歌的每一部作品都对它所属的狭义传统做出了自己的自觉回应，从而做出了贡献。我们希望我们能在这些结果的基础上继续和发展我们的研究。

Our research has proceeded steadily during the project term of two years. In the first year (1995) we made a general survey of Greek and Latin literature, especially of epic and other related genres such as lyric and drama. This survey contributed to an overall view of the extent and influence of the epic tradition. It is now published as a book for general readers on classical literature written by Itsumi. At the same time we tried to collect the literature and other materials necessary for the research. We also started analyzes of the original text of selected works from the viewpoints of both their formal and internal qualities. In the course of this investigation we found more clearly the importance of the innovation of the principle of poetry in Hellenistic and Roman era, and our concern moved towards such Hellenistic genres as epyllion, didactic and elegiac poetry. Thus in the second year (1996) we chose as the subject of our individual research the 'Phaenomena' of Aratus (Itsumi) and the 'Ars Amatoria' of Ovid (Oshiba). The former is a didactic poem, a pivotal work in the tradition from Greek to Latin didactic poetry, which is itself an important tributary of the epic tradition. And the latter stands near the end of the history of Roman love elegy, an peculier Latin development in the tradition of elegiac poetry, which is also a genre akin to epic. The results of our research have been published in "Jimbun Gakuho" No. 276. By this research we can not only realize anew the strong influence of the epic tradition in general but also make it certain that each individual work of the genres related to epic such as didactic poetry and love elegy makes its own conscious response to, and thus makes an contribution to, the narrower tradition to which it belongs. We hope we can continue and develop our research on the basis of these results.