literary epic
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epic — [ep′ik] n. [L epicus < Gr epikos, (adj.) epic < epos, a word, speech, song, epic < IE * wekwos , word < base * wekw , to speak > L vox, OE woma, noise] 1. a long narrative poem in a dignified style about the deeds of a traditional… … English World dictionary
Epic poetry — An epic is a lengthy narrative poem, ordinarily concerning a serious subject containing details of heroic deeds and events significant to a culture or nation. [Michael Meyer, The Bedford Introduction to Literature , Bedford/St. Martin s, 2005,… … Wikipedia
Literary or Profane Legends — Literary or Profane Legends † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Literary or Profane Legends In the period of national origins history and legend are inextricably mingled. In the course of oral transmission historic narrative necessarily becomes … Catholic encyclopedia
Epic and Novel — Epic and Novel: Towards a Methodology for the Study of the Novel [Эпос и роман (О методологии исследования романа)] is an 1941 essay that compares the novel to the epic by Mikhail Bakhtin, one of the major literary theorists of the twentieth… … Wikipedia
Literary adaptation — is the adapting of a literary source (e.g., a novel, short story, poem) to another genre or medium, such as a film, a stage play, or even ace video game. It can also involve adapting the same literary work in the same genre or medium, just for… … Wikipedia
Epic Comics — Type Private (subsidiary) Industry Publishing Founded 1982 Founder(s) Jim Shooter Key people Jim Shooter … Wikipedia
Literary cycle — Literary cycles are groups of stories grouped around common figures, often (though not necessarily) based on mythical figures or loosely on historic ones. Examples of Literary Cycles * One well known such cycle is the Arthurian cycle, the stories … Wikipedia
epic — 1. Epic is a term traditionally applied (first as an adjective, later as a noun) to narrative poems that celebrate the achievements of the heroes of history or legend, such as the Iliad, the Odyssey, Virgil s Aeneid, Milton s Paradise Lost, the… … Modern English usage
epic — epically, adv. epiclike, adj. /ep ik/, adj. Also, epical. 1. noting or pertaining to a long poetic composition, usually centered upon a hero, in which a series of great achievements or events is narrated in elevated style: Homer s Iliad is an… … Universalium
Literary criticism — Literature Major forms Novel · Poem · Drama Short story · Novella Genres Epic … Wikipedia
