Epic Poetry Literature

Epic Poetry Literature

This category is for oral and semiliterary epics. For literary epics, see Arts/Literature/Poetry/Forms/Epic_and_Narrative/. An epic or epos is a long poem or cycle of poems narrating the deeds of heroes, or a nation's history.

Top: Society: Folklore: Literature: Poetry: Epic

See Also:

Top/Arts/Literature/Poetry/Genres/Epic and Narrative

Folklore Fellows in Oral Epics - Introductionary materials into the study of oral epics.
Alpamysh: Central Asian Identity under Russian Rule - History and politics of the Central Asian epic Alpamysh.
Indian Folklore Epics: Kannada - Brief introduction to the Kannada folk epics with excerpts.
The Mechanisms of Epic Plot and the Mongolian Geseriad - Article by S. Ju. Nekludov discussing changes in the plot of the Geser epic by comparing variant versions.
The Archaic Epic and Its Relationship to Ritual - Article by E. S. Novik discussing the relationships between rituals and folklore texts.

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