Dr. Swati Joshi
Gujarat
Epic-
Epic is believed as one of the ancient structure of legendary venture. The process of listening and narrating something cannot be seen in the form of Epics. Most of the Epics deal with description of heroism with cultural and traditional touch and familiarity of society. Epics deal with its myth and legends. One can noticed the spoken narration during the time of religious rituals and social but all the narratives cannot be considered as an Epic. The condition to be considered narrative as gathering an epic is the raise technique and articulation of that narrative. Epics broadcast at various different places, from one era to another era; circumstantially changes build up into its structural effort, the traditions, cultural aspect, ethnicity, and principles of the people. It can be said that there is such established pattern, once we follow and when it moves to others people do some changes according to their necessity. Every culture has its own epic in the form of the celebration of the heroism and on the name of culture. It can be noticed that there are similarities of epics of different cultures as the characteristics of heroes or the others characters of the epics. The main characteristic of epic is its hero who undergoes many incidents in his pursue.
The word Epic is resulting from the Greek word ἐℼᶩḱὁζ (epikos’pi) which means “word, story, poem’. We heard about Epic and then the imagination of our brain try to relate Epic with narration in poetry, and the immense deeds of heroes and the involvement of divine energy in human life. But there are less people who think about language, narrations, incidents, and thrill as part of Epic and which makes Epic different and unique from other common genres.
