Write a quasi-epic, a short version of the ones we’ve read in which you’ll practice the same techniques used by ancient writers.
An epic “is a long, narrative poem on a great and serious subject, told in an elevated style and centered on a heroic . . . figure on whose actions depends the fate of the tribe” (Abrams, 51). You have read parts of an Anglo/Saxon epic (Beowulf) and a mock epic (Beocat), and now it’s […]