The Kalevala (1849), the Finnish folk epic, has inspired all types of artists throughout years. It could be argued that it was only a matter time before metal musicians started adapting material from epic in their music and lyrics. This article presents two case studies first is ‘Lemminkäisen laulu’ (‘Lemminkäinen’s Song’) by Kotiteollisuus. song about one epic’s main heroes, Lemminkäinen, his ...

Poetry like other literary genres exists to be enjoyed and appreciated. The difficult task facing any instructor is to develop this sense of appreciation and enjoyment in students who are not interested in poetry. For a long time, literature in general and poetry in particular, was purged from the teaching programmes on the ground that it made no contribution to learning a foreign language for ...

Abstract Archaic Greek epic exhibits a pervasive eristic intertextuality, repeatedly positioning its heroes and itself against pre-existing traditions. In this article, I focus on specific case study from the Odyssey : Homer’s agonistic relationship with Catalogue of Women tradition. Hesiodic-style catalogue poetry has long been recognized as an important intertext for Nekyia 11, but here explo...

The poetry of akyn-zhyraus is the most important stage in formation aesthetic principles, canons, and traditional formula language all Kazakh poetry. authority five centuries (XIV-XIX centuries) was unshakable until XX century created basis both epic lyrical poetry, transformation which began only century. One principles Zhyrau's spirituality, a deep connection with religious mythological princ...

The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how poetry and poetry therapy are useful tools in existentially oriented psychotherapeutic practice. This paper will accomplish this aim in several ways. First, a brief introduction to poetry therapy will be presented. Second, the main principles of existential therapy will be explored. Third, the congruence between poetry therapy and existential theo...

A tanulmány annak a Moreai Króniká ban ránk maradt egyedülálló irodalmi alkotásnak, középgörög „hőskölteménynek” eredetét és jellegzetességeit vizsgálja, amelynek főhőse pelagóniai ütközetben vitézkedő Geoffroy de Bruyères.2 Bár szakirodalomban egyetértés van abban, hogy az epizódnak valószínűleg népköltészeti háttere lehet, egyes kérdések – így többek között fellelhető áthallások, intertextuáli...

Focusing on Upon Appleton House, this article seeks to illumine Marvell’s communication audiences (or the idea of audience) and thereby find an embodied authenticity.  Examining relationship between narrative surface-level appeals, excavates stanzas that represent common hunting practices figure interpreter's entrapment.  It focuses following intertexts: Gervase Markham’s Hung...

Among the songs from Vuk's collections, Ljutica Bogdan is best known as an opponent of Kraljević Marko. However, multiple lyrical-epic adaptations international motives are connected to his name and family relations. In addition, older generations scholars Serbian oral poetry have sought recognize historical background which Bogdan's character developed. On this occasion, a review such approach...