Original scientific paper

The Literary Genre of Marulić's Judith in the Development of the Epic from antiquity to Romanticism

Istvan Lokos

Abstract

His point of departure being the classification of the epic in reference works of literary theory, the author briefly outlines the constant features of the epic tradition: the epic structure of antiquity with its themes, verse form and stylistic formulae (exposition, invocation, standard epithets, epic narration, in medias res, retrospection, enumeration, epic similes and so on). Considered in the historical and genetic context of the development of this genre, Marulić’s epic Judith can be seen to be one of the most significant examples of the preservation of the classic epic traditions.

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Hrčak ID:

8935

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/8935

Publication date:

22.4.2005.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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