简谈史诗的特点

On the Fatures of Epic

史诗是一种古老的民间叙事体长诗,它用诗的语言,记叙各民族有关天地生成、人类起源的传说以及关于民族迁徙、民族战争等重大事件。它有特定的演述场域和民族诗性智慧化身的歌手,"百科全书"式的内容和顺时连贯的程式化叙事范型,从共性发展到个性的众多人物形象。

Epic is an ancient long folk narrative poem which uses the language of poetry to narrate about the genesis of the world, the myths of human origin, the important events of nations＇ migration, history and ethnic wars. It has specific situated fields of performance, singers with national poetic wisdom, the contents like encyclopedia, time - coherent stylized narrative paradigm and many characters with commonness and individuality.