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== Epic Poetry to Exposition == * [[Epic Poetry | epic poetry]]

...y the culture that produced the literature, especially the [[Epic Poetry | epic]], the heroic ideal represents the aspects of a [[hero]] that the culture u Similarly, the Anglo-Saxon epic <i>[[Beowulf]]</i> emphasizes the ideal of [[comitatus|<i>comitatus</i>]],

In the epic of Gilgamesh, she tried to make Gilgamesh her husband, but Gilgamesh refuse

...sey''. It has been considered that Homer could have possibly created both epic poems in the 8th century B.C. Because of the historical and Linguistic evid ...theories about Homer, who he is, where he is from, or the time period the epic poems were written down. There are several speculations about who Homer co

An example of a prose is "Homeric epic" (Fowler 191).

...helper to [[Gilgamesh]]. As those legends evolved into chapters of a great epic poem, Enkidu’s role changed profoundly. Much more than a sidekick or a se

...Muse was believed to rule over a particular art: Calliope was the muse of epic poetry, Clio of history, Euterpe of lyric poetry sung to the accompaniment

...years old. Do you think the feelings and needs shown by the people in this epic are still important today? Which experiences or people in this story did yo ...ought Book XXIV unnecessary. What in fact does Book XXIV contribute to the epic?

...hagall]] [[Homer]]’s <i>Odyssey</i> is a ''nostos'', or an [[Epic Poetry | epic]] of return, and asks if one can come home again, especially after years of ...rt summaries and resources for all of the books of Homer’s [[Epic Poetry | epic poem]] the ''Odyssey'' are below. Students new to the ''Odyssey'' might wan

...ttribute to the poet [[Homer]], in eighth century B.C.E. The [[Epic Poetry|epic]] are written in an unsentimental style: the ''Iliad'' depicts the ambivale ===The Epic Theme===

...tunnel,{{refn|The poem begins ''[[in media res]]'', like an [[Epic Poetry|epic]]. The atmosphere seems to allude to Dante’s ''Inferno'', explicitly stat

...subject matter. Cudden says that the major traditional genres consisted of epic, tragedy, lyric, comedy, and satire. In modern days, the novel and short st

...tter series, the protagonist's recently aquired God-Father is killed in an epic battle with the forces of darkness. Harry’s emotions are described, and t

...ly with the narrative of the rhapsode invoking the muse and announcing his epic argument: the wanderings of Odysseus. We learn of Odysseus’ intelligence,

...ng of an important critical term by applying it to a key example. Tragedy, epic, comedy, tragicomedy, force, theatre of the absurd, protagonist, subplot, d

Biblical and Scriptural allusions are often seen in epic poetry; these allusions lend a very authoritative and historical significan

...iffer in scale. The aristocratic romance makes clear its descent from the epic; it is a large-scale work interweaving many narrative threads. The popular

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...ace consisted of countless drifting crowds of shadowy figures. In Homer’s epic, The Odyssey, the ghost of the great hero Achilles told Odysseus that he wo