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• Epic
  *1 : of, relating to, or having the characteristics of an epic <an epic poem> ...g beyond the usual or ordinary especially in size or scope <his genius was epic — Times Literary Supplement> b : heroic
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• Fame
  ...vo, “word, epic tale”). These [[words]] are closely associated with epic [[poetry]], which was the chief vehicle of [[glory]] in [[ancient]] times. [[Latin]]
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• Genre
  ...bdivided into [[epic poetry|epic]], [[lyric poetry|lyric]], and [[dramatic poetry|dramatic]]. Subdivisions of drama includes foremost [[comedy]] and [[traged
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• Hades
  ...the digamma. This Ionic and epic form of the name is the one used in epic poetry. ...Ἄϊδα, Āïda, (gen., dat. and acc., respectively) are words commonly seen in poetry.
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• Tragedy
  ...pressed]] respectively) against models of tragedy. Taxidou, however, reads epic theatre as an incorporation of tragic functions and its treatments of mourn
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• Eloquence
  ...f the nine daughters of [[Zeus]] and [[Mnemosyne]]) being the Muse of epic poetry and eloquence.
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• Literature
  ...uch [[genre]]s as epic, legend, [[myth]], ballad, plus other forms of oral poetry, and folktale.
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• Oral Tradition
  ...]], before eventually being set down in writing, is the [[Homer]]ic [[epic poetry]] of the ''[[Iliad]]'' and the ''[[Odyssey]]''. In a general sense, "oral t ..., 1988, 1992); Immanent Art: From Structure to Meaning in Traditional Oral Epic (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1991); The Singer of Tales in Perfo
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• Edwin Arnold
  ...permanent place in literature must remain very uncertain. It is an Indian epic, dealing with the life and teaching of the [[Buddha]], which are unfolded w ...ccess gained by ''The Light of Asia''. Arnold's other principal volumes of poetry were ''Indian Song of Songs'' (1875), ''Pearls of the Faith'' (1883), ''The
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• Catharsis
  ...ysterical and uncontrolled. In response to Plato, Aristotle maintains that poetry makes them less, not more, emotional, by giving a periodic and healthy outl ...al sickness and social ills. This was first used by Mike St. Pierre in his epic novel "uncomming part II" released in 1867.
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• Heliand
  The '''Heliand''' (pronounced /ˈhɛliənd/, or at the time ˈheːliand is an [[epic]] [[poem]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Saxon Old Saxon], written ...ed as a king and his [[faithful]] warriors, and the use of the traditional epic phrases appears to be not, as with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynewulf
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• Languages and Literature
  ...ic]], [[legend]], [[Mythology|myth]], [[ballad]], plus other forms of oral poetry, and [[folktale]]. === Poetry ===
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• Dialogue
  ...ack to the [[Rigvedic dialogue hymns]] and the [[Indian epic poetry|Indian epic]] ''[[Mahabharata]]'', while in the west, literary historians commonly supp
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• Novel
  ...e as opposed to ''[[romance (genre)|romance]]s'', which were [[epic poetry|epic]]-length works about love and [[adventure]]. Literary theory of genres has ...the novel (originally a short piece of fiction) rivaling the romance (the epic-length performance). This development, which one could describe as the firs
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• Metaphor
  ...first. This device is known for usage in [[literature]], especially in [[poetry]], where with few words, emotions and associations from one context are ass * An [[Homeric simile|epic or Homeric simile]] is an extended metaphor containing details about the ve
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• Translation
  ...nslations into several Asiatic languages of the second millennium BCE. The Epic of Gilgamesh may have been read, in their own languages, by early authors o ...anslation retains currency in some non-Western traditions. Thus the Indian epic, the [[Ramayana]], appears in many versions in the various Indian languages
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• Orality
  ...ful princess’ or ‘clever Odysseus’. This does not apply specifically to [[poetry]] or [[song]]; rather the words are brought together out of habit during ge ...ks of [[oral literature]] from [[Homer]] to [[Beowolf]], from the [[Mwindo epic]] to the [[Old Testament]], are extremely violent by modern standards. The
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• Humanities
  ...e_Code_of_Hammurabi|Hammurabi Code]] and the [[Epic_of_Gilgamesh|Gilgamesh Epic]] from Mesopotamia, as well as the [[Egyptian_book_of_the_dead|the Egyptian ...y of uses of language including [[prose]] forms (such as the [[novel]]), [[poetry]] and [[drama]], also lies at the heart of the modern humanities curriculum
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• Mythology
  ...ts of the 5th and 8th centuries, respectively, were first made into [[epic poetry]] and became partly mythological over the following centuries. "Conscious g
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• Humanity
  ...y of uses of language including [[prose]] forms (such as the [[novel]]), [[poetry]] and [[drama]], also lies at the heart of the modern humanities curriculum ...e_Code_of_Hammurabi|Hammurabi Code]] and the [[Epic_of_Gilgamesh|Gilgamesh Epic]] from Mesopotamia, as well as the [[Egyptian_book_of_the_dead|the Egyptian
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