A story that you write or for someone usually in great detail
Can be part of poetry or prose
An engaging writing style, it immediately invites your audience to your world
Uses poetic techniques to create a narrative
Longer than other forms of poetry
Epic
A long narrative poem recounting heroic deeds
Types of epic
Folk epics
Literary epics
Folk epics
Been passed down orally by story tellers for generations and have change over time
Folk epic
The life of Lam-ang - Ilocos Region
Literary epics
Written works that remain unchanged
Characteristics of epic
Lengthy narrative poem about a subject which is linked with the deeds of a legendary or heroic character who undergoes series of adventures, battles or long and adventurous journeys in life
Vast setting
Uses third person point of view omniscient
Divine intervention
Historical approach
Oldest and one of the most widely approach
Involves the events and experiences surrounding the composition of the work, especially the life of the author
How society has change since the time the piece was written
Philosophy of historical "history shapes literature"
