GRGR(2):Lists

[Alan Westrope]

On Tue, 8 Oct 1996 23:06:20 -0400, Ebiri1 at aol.com wrote:

>The interplay of the epic and the mock-epic poles of GR can also lead to many
>other intriguing questions:  For instance, if it *is* an epic, then for what
>particular race or civilization or society is it providing a creation myth?
> If it is a mock-epic, is it perhaps depicting the destruction (hint-hint) of
>a civilization, rather than the burgeoning of one?  Or could it be both -- a
>creation and a destruction all rolled up in one big rocket?

Edward Mendelson considers GR part of a literary category he calls the
encyclopedic narrative, which evolved from epic, and includes such works
as the Commedia, Rabelais's Gargantua and Pantagruel, Don Quixote, Faust,
Moby-Dick, and Ulysses.  The encyclopedic narrative is characterized by
extensive use of science, and by the use of at least one additional art
-- in the case of GR, film.

>Anyway, this is my first posting to this list, so I hope this makes it.

Welcome aboard!


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