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hero
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figure of great national or even cosmic importance
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setting of the poem
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ample in scale and may be world wide or even larger
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the action involves
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superhuman deeds in battle
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the gods or other supernatural beings
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take and interest or active part in the great actions
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epic poem was a ______
thus the style is deliberately |
ceremonial performance.
distanced from ordinary speech and proportioned to the grandeur and formality of the heroic subject and architecture |
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Epic Conventions for a Primary/ traditional epic
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1. hero is figure of great national or even cosmic importance
2. setting is ample in scale and may be world wide or even larger 3. action involves superhuman deeds in battle 4. gods/supernat. take interest/action in great actions 5. style is distanced and proportioned to grandeur |
