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Epic Narrative Structure

Epic Narrative Structure is a literary framework that organizes heroic tales into a hierarchical sequence of episodes characterized by grand scale, mythic themes, and cultural significance, distinguishing it from other narrative forms through its reliance on divine intervention, national or cosmic stakes, and formulaic oral-traditional composition.

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82

Staged narrative: poetics and the messenger in Greek tragedy

Choice Reviews Online · 2003 · 178 citations

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Ekphrasis at the forge and the forging of ekphrasis: the ‘shield of Achilles’ in Graeco-Roman word and image

Michael Squire · Word & Image · 2013 · 169 citations

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The classical plot and the invention of Western narrative

Choice Reviews Online · 2001 · 151 citations

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Contexts of War: Manipulation of Genre in Virgilian Battle Narrative

Martin T. Dinter, Andreola Rossi · The Classical World · 2005 · 118 citations

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The Allegorical Epic: Essays in Its Rise and Decline

W. A. Sessions, Michael Murrin · South Atlantic Review · 1981 · 106 citations

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Authors

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  1. MM
    Michael Murrin

    3 publications · 141 citations

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  2. CJ
    Constance Jordan

    Columbia University, United States

    2 publications · 81 citations

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  3. EM
    E. M. W. Tillyard

    2 publications · 157 citations

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  4. HE
    Herbert E. Bolton

    University of Pennsylvania, United States

    2 publications · 94 citations

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  5. AR
    Andreola Rossi

    Tufts University, United States

    1 publications · 118 citations

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  1. University of Freiburg

    Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    30 citations

  2. Smith College

    Northampton, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    31 citations

  3. University of Oregon

    Eugene, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    27 citations

  4. University of Georgia

    Athens, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    10 citations

  5. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    36 citations

  6. Queen Mary University of London

    London, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    28 citations

  7. University of California System

    Oakland, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    47 citations

  8. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    22 citations

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  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 9 publications · 664 citations

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  2. The Classical World

    3 publications · 275 citations

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  3. The Modern Language Review

    3 publications · 44 citations

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  4. Comparative Literature

    2 publications · 88 citations

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  5. Arethusa

    2 publications · 79 citations

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