Kirchhoff, JWA - Kirchhoff

Japanese: キルヒホフ,J.W.A. - きるひほふ
Kirchhoff, JWA - Kirchhoff

…Doubts have been expressed since ancient times about the treatment of the final part in particular. This fact has been examined in detail by specialist scholars for 100 years since JWA Kirchhoff's analytical research. On the other hand, the horror of the cannibals that the very modern and realistic human Odysseus encounters in the land of fairy tales, the temptations of the witches, and especially the experience of the afterlife described in the chapter on visiting the underworld, suggest deep allegorical meanings to later poets and thinkers, and have often served as an opportunity to create literature that tells of new human experiences, not to mention the heterogeneity of the materials and treatments of each. The Roman poet Virgil is said to have modeled the first half of the epic poem Aeneid on the Odyssey, and the structure of the sixth book in particular reveals the unique spirituality of Roman epic poetry while being deeply conscious of Homer. …

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Japanese:

…とくに終末部分の処理については古代より疑念が表明されてきた。この事実はJ.W.A.キルヒホフの分析的研究以来今日までの100年間専門学者たちによって詳細に検討されてきているが,他方,きわめてモダンで現実的な人間オデュッセウスがおとぎ話の国で遭遇する食人鬼の恐怖,魔女たちの誘惑,とりわけ冥府訪問の段で語られる彼岸体験などは,おのおのの素材や処理の異質性もさることながら,後世の詩人や思想家たちには深い寓意性を示唆し,新しい人間体験を語る文学創造の契機となることが多かった。ローマの詩人ウェルギリウスは《アエネーイス》叙事詩の前半部分で《オデュッセイア》を範としたと伝えられるが,とりわけ第6巻の構成はホメロスを深く意識しながらローマ叙事詩の独自の精神性を明らかにしている。…

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