Antiepic

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A literary work challenging the conventions of the epic.

    "John Lewkenor, for example, challenges Virgil and the hierarchies of epic in a Petronius-style antiepic."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Challenging the conventions of the epic.

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"John Lewkenor, for example, challenges Virgil and the hierarchies of epic in a Petronius-style antiepic."

Etymology

From anti- + epic.

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