In the old days people accumulated their wisdomcenturies and passed it on to the next generation. Fairy tales, epics, sayings, fables - this is a fount of worldly wisdom of the industrious people. Through folklore people gave their wonders about a good future, talked about the past, warned about mistakes. Often fantastic stories helped to instill in children love for their homeland, the right moral values.
What is epic?This is a special form of oral folk art in the epic genre. It is characteristic of the Russian tradition and tells of some remarkable episode from history. The name comes from the word "byl", that is, what was actually in the old days. Russian epics are distinguished by peculiar methods, poetics, melodiousness of speech, and also by the way they are performed. Scientists believe that in ancient times, the storytellers accompanied the bylina with the play on the harp, and later began to perform recitative. They used only a few melodies, but they changed the timbre of the voice, intonation. The epic was described in an emphatically solemn style: he was most suited to narrating about the heroic events of the past, quite often tragic.
So, what is epic is already clear.Now let's talk about the techniques used in this genre. The first thing you pay attention to when you read or listen to this work is a repetition. Ancient authors repeated the words (for example, a long time ago, far away), and also widely used several synonyms in one place (tribute, to fight, to fight). Sometimes the end of one line became the beginning of another, whole episodes could be repeated three times. Also widely used are techniques such as alliteration and assonance. All this made it possible to convey the details of the event more emotionally and accurately, to strengthen the effect of words.
What is epic in the creativity of the population of KyivRussia? It is an ode to the defenders, the glorification of the good fellows, their heroism and self-sacrifice. To describe the character or appearance of the characters, hyperbolas are often used. The attitude of the narrator to them can be understood from epithets that are often stable: hot blood, turbulent head, tearful flames. Favorite characters are often called diminutive and caressing names (Aleshenka, Dobrynyushka).
According to the story, epics can be varied.Today, we know about a hundred stories, except for different versions of the same work. The main are: the struggle for his wife or her search, fighting with fairy-tale monsters or foreign invaders. A special category is the epic parody or satirical epic (Contest with Churila, Duke Stepanovich).
Look into the fount of folk wisdom, the age of which is one thousand, and maybe more years!
