Epic, lyric and drama

Epic, Poetry and drama are the three main genres of the literature. They differ in a few ways.

This is how you recognize epic

• The term epic describes an epic or narrative poetry.
• In an epic work, the writer tells events from the real or the fantasy or Dream world.
• The form of a work of epic may be in prose or verse.
• Examples of epic works are for example fairy tales, sagas, fables or legends.


The characteristics of the epic simply explained

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• In the theater there is epic or dramatic theater. The dramatic theater conveys an immediate event and lets the viewer passively participate, while the epic theater is supposed to make the viewer think for themselves.

These points make up poetry

• The word "lyric" comes from the Latin "lyra" (= lyre).
• The lyric conveys personal experience, feeling and feeling.
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• Poetry is written in verse, rhymes or stanzas.
• Experiences in poetry are mainly connected with love or nature.
• A lyric example is a hymn or an ode, among others.

The concept of drama

• Drama or drama (= Greek for "plot") is a literary form that is characterized by dialogue, monologue and plot in terms of content.
• A drama is actually intended to be performed on a stage.
• The drama also stands out from other literary forms in that it includes different roles.
• The classical drama structure was already described by Aristotle and can be divided into the following sections:

1. The characters are introduced in the introduction.
2. After that, the complications between the characters are made visible.
3. The plot of the drama reaches its dramatic climax.
4. The plot of the play falls again.
5. In the end there is a disaster or something unforeseen

• Well-known literary works based on drama are, for example, Goethe's "The Sorrows of Young Werther" or Shakespeare's "MacBeth".