ENG303H1 Lecture Notes - Areopagitica, Divine Providence, Aeneid
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Marking out specific epic trait, things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme. Conventions of epic, homer, virgil, dante, ariosto . Iliad, odyssey (traditional epics) vs aeneid, divine comedy, orlando furioso (literary epics) Formal, long, elevated styles, mythic traits of hero, embodies traits of nation . Traditional epics from oral tradition (not invention of writer), literary epics work of poet written in imitation of traditional style. Protagonist traditionally hero of great significance, brave and wise, grand and vast setting, noble and fantastic action, supernatural entities, elevated styles matching lofty proportions of characters and action. Of man"s first disobedience fruit of the tree, fruit of the disobedience. Of constantly repeated, intentional first and of origins. Of result, about, ambiguity of first line origins and result of disobedience. Cutting line at and the fruit, pause then of that forbidden tree . Pointing to things before disobedience and what comes after.
