russian heroic epic
1Russian Language and Literature — • Russian is a Slav language belonging to the Indo European family Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Russian Language and Literature Russian Language and Literature …
2Russian science fiction and fantasy — Russian science fiction arguably had its Golden age in the 1960s [ [http://www.depauw.edu/sfs/review essays/gerou31.htm Daniel Gerould. On Soviet Science Fiction] , in: Science Fiction Studies #31 = Volume 10, Part 3 = November 1983] , when also… …
3Epic and Novel — Epic and Novel: Towards a Methodology for the Study of the Novel [Эпос и роман (О методологии исследования романа)] is an 1941 essay that compares the novel to the epic by Mikhail Bakhtin, one of the major literary theorists of the twentieth… …
4Epic poetry — An epic is a lengthy narrative poem, ordinarily concerning a serious subject containing details of heroic deeds and events significant to a culture or nation. [Michael Meyer, The Bedford Introduction to Literature , Bedford/St. Martin s, 2005,… …
5heroic poetry — narrative verse that is elevated in mood and uses a dignified, dramatic, and formal style to describe the deeds of aristocratic warriors and rulers. It is usually composed without the aid of writing and is chanted or recited to the… …
6Epic of Manas — Manas monument in Bishkek. The Epic of Manas (Kyrgyz: Манас дастаны, Turkish: Manas Destanı) is a traditional epic poem claimed by the Kyrgyz people dating to the 18th century, though it is possibly much older. In some earlier versions, however,… …
7Epic of King Gesar — The Epic of King Gesar is the central epic poem of Tibet and much of Central Asia. With about 140 Gesar ballad singers surviving today (including singers of Tibetan, Mongolian, Buryat and Tu ethnicities), it is prized as one of the few living… …
8List of English words of Russian origin — Including English, contain words most likely borrowed from the Russian language. Not all of the words are truly fluent Russian or Slavic origin. Some of them co exist in other Slavic languages and it is difficult to decide whether they made… …
9literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
10Yeleazar Meletinsky — Professor Eleazar Moiseevich Meletinskii (also Meletinsky or Meletinskij depending on the transliteration; Russian: Елеазaр Моисеевич Мелетинский) (October 22 1918 Kharkiv December 17, 2005 Moscow) was a Russian scholar famous for his seminal… …
