What is Epic?
Epic A long narrative poem in elevated stature presenting characters of high position in adventures forming an organic whole through their relation to a central heroic figure and through their development of episodes important to the history of a nation or race.
9 characteristic of Epic
1. It opens in medias res.
- Iliad (9th c. BCE) and the Odyssey (9th c. BC), by Homer
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Modernism was in the sense of a single culture with universal values, not in a pluralist sense.
The social history is inseparable from pop music.
Music is no more international than other forms of cultural expression.
narrative, style
- Maverick brought heyday in Korean cinema: ended with Na’s death in 1937
- Filmmakers, Actors flew to Shanghai: Jin Yan(김염), Heo Young(Dr.Hu Yung)
Controversial Issues in Korean Silent Films
- Public awareness of drastic social changes
- Shinpa melodrama: female characters abandoning Confucian ideology and values
crucial impact and long-time influ
Violence has always taken a part in entertainment ever since the ancient; we all know well about the popular gladiator games in ancient Rome, for an example. However, it’s said that there’s a great consensus that something about media violence has changed in recent years.
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