ELEMENTS OF AN ELEMENTS OF AN EPICEPIC

BE SURE TO COPY THESE BE SURE TO COPY THESE INTO YOUR INTO YOUR BEOWULFBEOWULF NOTES. NOTES. THESE WILL BE ON A TEST THESE WILL BE ON A TEST AND EXAM!AND EXAM!

EPICEPIC

A LONG NARRATIVE POEM IN A LONG NARRATIVE POEM IN ELEVATED STYLE PRESENTING ELEVATED STYLE PRESENTING CHARACTERS OF HIGH POSITION CHARACTERS OF HIGH POSITION IN A SERIES OF ADVENTURESIN A SERIES OF ADVENTURES

EPISODESEPISODES

INCIDENTS PRESENTED AS ONE INCIDENTS PRESENTED AS ONE CONTINUOUS ACTIONCONTINUOUS ACTION

THEY HAVE UNITY WITHIN THEY HAVE UNITY WITHIN THEMSELVESTHEMSELVES

THEY ARE WOVEN TOGETHERTHEY ARE WOVEN TOGETHER

EPIC POETEPIC POET

RECOUNTS THE DEEDS OF THE EPIC RECOUNTS THE DEEDS OF THE EPIC HEROES WITH OBJECTIVITYHEROES WITH OBJECTIVITY

OPENS BY STATING THE THEMEOPENS BY STATING THE THEME ASKS A MUSE TO INSPIRE AND ASKS A MUSE TO INSPIRE AND

INSTRUCT HIMINSTRUCT HIM OPENS HIS POEM IN THE MIDDLE OF OPENS HIS POEM IN THE MIDDLE OF

THINGS GIVING THE NEEDED DETAILS THINGS GIVING THE NEEDED DETAILS IN LATER PARTS OF THE EPICIN LATER PARTS OF THE EPIC

EPIC POET cont:EPIC POET cont:

INCLUDES MANY WARRIORS, INCLUDES MANY WARRIORS, SHIPS AND ARMIESSHIPS AND ARMIES

GIVES EXTENDED FORMAL GIVES EXTENDED FORMAL SPEECHES BY THE MAIN SPEECHES BY THE MAIN CHARACTERCHARACTER

MAKES FREQUENT USE OF THE MAKES FREQUENT USE OF THE EPIC SIMILEEPIC SIMILE

EPIC SIMILEEPIC SIMILE

AN ELABORATED COMPARISON AN ELABORATED COMPARISON USING USING LIKE LIKE OR OR ASAS

FOLK EPICFOLK EPIC

EPIC BY AN UNKNOWN AUTHOREPIC BY AN UNKNOWN AUTHOR DEALS WITH TRADITION CLOSELY DEALS WITH TRADITION CLOSELY

ASSOCIATED WITH PEOPLE OR ASSOCIATED WITH PEOPLE OR “FOLK” FOR WHOM IT WAS “FOLK” FOR WHOM IT WAS WRITTENWRITTEN

UNITYUNITY

A LITERARY WORK SHALL HAVE IN A LITERARY WORK SHALL HAVE IN IT SOME ORGANIZED PRINCIPLE IT SOME ORGANIZED PRINCIPLE TO WHICH ALL ITS PARTS ARE TO WHICH ALL ITS PARTS ARE RELATEDRELATED

EPIC HEROEPIC HERO

A FIGURE OF IMPOSING STATUREA FIGURE OF IMPOSING STATURE OF NATIONAL OR INTERNATIONAL OF NATIONAL OR INTERNATIONAL

SIGNIFICANCESIGNIFICANCE OF HISTORICAL OR LEGENDARY OF HISTORICAL OR LEGENDARY

SIGNIFICANCESIGNIFICANCE

SETTINGSETTING

VAST IN SCOPEVAST IN SCOPE COVERING:COVERING:

– GREAT NATIONSGREAT NATIONS– THE WORLDTHE WORLD– THE UNIVERSETHE UNIVERSE

SUPERNATURAL SUPERNATURAL FORCESFORCES GODS, ANGELS, AND/OR DEMONS GODS, ANGELS, AND/OR DEMONS

ARE IN THE ACTION AND ARE IN THE ACTION AND INTERVENE FROM TIME TO TIMEINTERVENE FROM TIME TO TIME

ACTIONACTION

CONSISTS OF DEEDS OF GREAT CONSISTS OF DEEDS OF GREAT VALOR OR REQUIRING VALOR OR REQUIRING SUPERHUMAN COURAGE AND SUPERHUMAN COURAGE AND STRENGTH.STRENGTH.

TEAMWORK TEAMWORK ASSIGNMENTASSIGNMENT WITH YOUR TEAM, LOOK WITH YOUR TEAM, LOOK

THROUGH YOUR SECTION OF THROUGH YOUR SECTION OF BEOWULFBEOWULF AND FIND THE AND FIND THE ELEMENTS OF AN EPIC.ELEMENTS OF AN EPIC.

BE PREPARED TO PRESENT YOUR BE PREPARED TO PRESENT YOUR FINDINGS TO THE CLASS.FINDINGS TO THE CLASS.

TEAMWORK TEAMWORK ASSIGNMENTASSIGNMENT AS YOU WRITE YOUR EPISODE, AS YOU WRITE YOUR EPISODE,

YOU WILL HAVE TO INCORPORATE YOU WILL HAVE TO INCORPORATE THESE ELEMENTS OF AN EPIC THESE ELEMENTS OF AN EPIC INTO IT.INTO IT.