What is Epic?
Epic A long narrative poem in elevated stature presenting characters of high position in adventures forming an organic whole through their relation to a central heroic figure and through their development of episodes important to the history of a nation or race.
9 characteristic of Epic
1. It opens in medias res.
- Iliad (9th c. BCE) and the Odyssey (9th c. BC), by Homer
student of classics.
In 1650, went up to Trinity College, Cambridge.
In 1654, obtained his BA, graduating top of the list for Trinity. In June, father died
Moved to London around 1657, worked with Cromwell’s Secretary of State, John Thurloe.
Presented at the Lord Protector Cromwell’s funeral on 23 Nov 1658, first gained notice with “Heroic Stanzas” written in 1659.
poem, in fact, is a protest against the harm that society causes its children by exploiting them for labor of this kind. In each case the dramatic irony arises from the poet's knowing more or seeing more than the child does, but in each case also the boy's ignorance testifies to his good heart and likable innocence.
The dream in lines 11-20 is obviously a wish-fulfillment dream, though Blake wou
Heroic Style] : 정교하고 복잡한 비유와 함께 확장된 직유. Milton은 『Paradise Lost』에서 자연계와, 성서와 고대의 역사, 신화, 그리고 목가적 삶과 농촌이나 도시 생활뿐만 아니라 과학과 르네상스 시대의 탐험, 동방의 전제정치 등 다양한 소재로부터 서사시적 직유를 끌어내고 있다. 이러한 확장된 직유들
영국 역사의 시작
영국 역사의 시작은 5세기경 German 족의 침략(Anglo-Saxon Conquest)으로부터 시작된다. 물론 그 이전 Roman Empire의 지배를 받던, Celt족의 Britania(또는 Briton)가 있었으나, 아직 국가로서의 조직이나 체계를 갖추지 못한 상태였다. Caesar가 로마 경영을 위해 Briton을 떠나자, German 족들(Angles, Saxons,