EPIC

GROUP 3
EPIC
• Are long stories of human adventure and
heroism recounted in many episodes, often
in verse.

• Are grounded in mythology and the

characters can be both human and divine.
 EPIC
• The Setting is EARTHLY but not
realistic.
TYPES OF EPICS
 FOLK EPICS
Is an ancient epic which was originally in
oral form.

One author or many authors tried to preserve

them in the form of writing.
 LITERARY EPIC
• They were written unlike the folk epics,
which came all the way down to us through
ORAL TRADITIONAL.

• It tends to be more polished, coherent

and compact in structure and style
when contrasted with folk epics.
 LITERARY EPIC

• Are result of the genius of the poet.

TYPES OF EPIC POETRY
 1. PRIMARY EPIC

• Poetry which stems from heroic deeds

and whih is composed, in the first
instance, in order that such deeds may
not be forgotten.
 2. SECONDARY EPIC

• The combination of the poets “seeing

eye” and his personal style together
create something which is not based on
reality, but has a life of its own to be
transmitted to the mind of the reader. .
3. LITERARY EPIC POET

• Poetry written and intended for a

reading audience by a literate poet.

• It has been composed and written

down.
 4. ORAL EPIC POETRY

• Heroic poetry that is composed for, oral

performance.

• It has been composed orally.

• Poetry that is actually created at the

time of recitation.
SIX ELEMENTS OF THE EPIC
1. Plot centers around a Hero
of Unbelievable Stature

• The epic hero completes what everyone

only attempts.

• In ancient epics, the hero often is either

partially divine or at least protected by a
God.
 2. Involves deeds of
superhuman strenth and valor.

• Accomplish feats no real human

could.
 3. Vast Setting

• The action spans not only geographical

but also often cosmological space across
land, sea, into the underworld or thru
space or time, etc.
4. Involves supernatural and
or otherworldly forces.
• Gods, demons, angels, time/space
travel, cheating death, etc.
5. Sustained elevation of
style.
• Overwritten, overly formal,
highly stylized (poetry, lyricism,
exaggeration) .
6. Poet remains objevtive
and omniscient.
• The narrator sees and knows all
and presents all perpectives.