Epics zijn verhalen die op grote schaal worden verteld, met legers, helden, goden en de meedogenloze natuurkrachten afgebeeld over lange karakterbogen en weidse landschappen. In dit artikel leer je hoe je studenten de elementen van het epische genre leert door leuke en gemakkelijk te maken storyboards te gebruiken.
What is an epic? The Odyssey has all the Elements of an Epic poem | Teach epic poems with storyboards
Storyboard Tekst
OMNISCIENT NARRATION
LEGENDARY HERO
"You may have heard of me. I am Odysseus, inventor of the Trojan Horse."
SUPER HUMAN STRENGTH / VALOR
Throughout The Odyssey, the narrator uses first person, and 3rd person omniscient. He writes as Odysseus, and as though from a god’s point of view, witnessing and experiencing everything that takes place in the story.
Odysseus was well-known throughout the ancient world.
Odysseus shows his strength many times. However, it is his defeat of the suitors that proves his superiority to normal men.
EPIC STYLE OF WRITING
HOMER
EPIC SIMILES AND METAPHORS "Her mind in torment, wheeling like some lion at bay, dreading the gangs of hunters closing their cunning ring around him for the finish." EPITHETS "That man skilled in all ways of contending"
"The Odyssey" Elements of an Epic
SUPERNATURAL INVOLVEMENT
MULTIPLE SETTINGS
Epic Similes, Metaphors, and Epiphets
The gods play a major role in this epic. Athena is Odysseus' aid, Poseidon is his villain, and Zeus... well, he doesn't want to get involved.
In The Odyssey, much of the action takes place in the Mediterranean Sea, on various islands. However, the hero also travels to the underworld in search of the prophet Tiresias.