Epic poetry.pptx

Introduction to Epic poetry
Themes of epic poetry
Epic style of writing
Elements of epic poem

1. University of Duhok  Collage of Languages  English Department  Epic Poetry  Supervised by:  Ms. Mead Presenter: Zahida Ibrahim  Group:B

2. Definition The English word epic itself comes from the Ancient Greek adjective επικός ( epikos ), from (epos), which means “words, story, poem”  Epic poem is a long narrative poem usually about heroic deeds that tell tales of intense adventures and heroic events. Stories of exceptional people, both real and fictional 

3. Examples of Epic poem : • The lliad and Odyssey (Ancient Greek) • The Aeneid (Ancient Roman) • Gilgamesh (Ancient Mesopotamian) • The Ramayana (Ancient Indian) • Beowulf (Medieval English) • The Edda (Medieval Icelandic) • Jewang Ungi (Medieval Korean) • Journey to the West (Medieval Chinese) • The Tale of the Heike (Medieval Japanese)

4. The Odyssey by homer " Tell me, O muse, of that ingenious hero who travelled far and wide after he had sacked the famous town of Troy. Many cities did he visit, and many were the nations with whose manners and customs he was acquainted; moreover he suffered much by sea while trying to save his own life and bring his men safely home; but do what he might he could not save his men, for they perished through their own sheer folly in eating the cattle of the Sun-god Hyperion; so the god prevented them from ever reaching home. Tell me, too, about all these things, O daughter of Jove, from whatsoever source you may know them.”

5. How Did Epics Originate? Started from Greek & Asia epic poem is the earliest form of poetry, entertainment as well. Epic poems trace back to some of the earliest human civilizations -both European andAsian. Take the Epic of Gilgamesh, considered by some scholars to be the oldest surviving example of great literature. The poem is thought to have been written in approximately2100 BC and traces back to ancientMesopotamia. It tells of the ancient king Gilgamesh, a descendant from the Gods, who embarks on a journey to discover the secret of immortality

6. The traditional epic poems were shaped from the legends of the Greek heroic age, when the  Mykenaean  Greeks or  Akhaeanswere on the move and engaged in military conquest and expansion during the Trojan War.

7. Origin of epic

8. The two types of epic Folk Epics have been passed down orally by storytellers for generations and have changed over time. Examples: Beowulf, The Iliad, and The Odyssey Literary Epics are written works that remain unchanged. Examples: The Aeneid and Paradise Lost

9. Themes Love  Loyalty  Gender  Sexual Desire  Honor  Heroism  Death  Family  Power  Friendship  Hospitality

10. EPIC STYLE OF WRITING Is written in a formal style The main type of structure for an epic poem is non-linear. Flashbacks are used to facilitate a non-linear structure. There is the repetition at length by a speaker of another speaker's, their own or the narrator's earlier words. The repetition of epithets. Epithets - descriptive word or phrase to accompany or replace a person's name "Brave Odysseus" or "wine-dark sea"

11. Kenning example Mankind's enemy . Beowulf An epic poem is a ceremonial performance alliteration example “ to feast his fill of the flesh of men ” / “ for fear of a feud were forced to disown him” (403-405). Beowulf Epic Simile Epic poems often contain epic similes, which are long, highly descriptive similes that clarify the subject. "And swift Achilles kept on coursing Hector, nonstop as a hound in the mountains starts a fawn from its lair”

12. EPIC STYLE OF WRITING Epic poem using rhyme scheme Epic poem does not have a particular rhyme scheme , The most famous Western epics, Homer’s Greek “Iliad” and “Odyssey” and Virgil’s Latin “Aeneid,”they don’t use rhyme scheme. The translated versions of ” Iliad “ is in heroic couplet. Heroic couplets consist of iambic pentameter lines that rhyme AA, BB, CC and so forth.

13. Iambic pentameter Iambic = unstressed,stressed Pentameter = five feet on a line

14. Ancient Greek epics and Latin epics were typically composed in dactylic hexameter. This pattern is also referred to as heroic hexameter. This metrical pattern can be seen in Virgil's Aeneid as well as Ovid's Metamorphosis and Homer's Iliad, about the siege of Troy, and Odyssey. Old Germanic epics (including those in Old English) typically contained non-rhyming alliterative verse. Later English language epics were written in Spenserian stanzas and blank verse.

15. Iliad in greek

16. Aeneid by Virgil

17. Elements of epic poem A hero of legendary proportions The Setting is vast in scope Adventure requiring superhuman strength Involvement of the supernatural Omniscient narrator Often in media res

18. A hero of legendary proportions Known as an epic hero The hero has a connection or relationship with the gods. He is either a demigod or under their protection or curse The Setting is vast in scope The setting is large in scale, sometimes world-wide, or at least of the known world. Beowulf the warrior hero of Beowulf.

19. An Adventure of Superhuman Strength The heroes are legends because they are exaggerations of the normal human. They have greater strength . piety. valor. Etc . Involvement of the Supernatural There are a good many different elements that may appear in an epic. Gods and goddesses, angels and demons, and immortality are among the most common.

20. Omniscient Narrator Omniscience refers to a narrator that is god-like in his/her knowledge; an omniscient narrator sees all and knows all Narrators are objective - they do not insert an opinion as to the goings on in the story

21. In media res in media res is Latin for "in the middle of things. • This term refers to a story that begins in the middle of the action, rather than at the beginning. Story begins in the middle and flashes back so that the reader can understand the current situation Achilles bind the wounds of Patroclus in Homer's The Iliad

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