Epic (ingl. k eepos)
· sentiments and diction preserve the · sentiments and diction preserve the
sublime ludicrous
· verse · verse
When the first novelists began writing what were later called novels, they thought they were writing "prose
epics." Daniel Defoe, Henry Fielding, and Samuel Ruichardson attempted the comic form. Yet what they wrote
were true novels, not epics, and there are differences.
Serious epic Comic epic
oral and poetic language · written and referential language
public and remarkable deeds · private, daily experiencer
historical or legendary hero · humanized "ordinary" characters
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