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Significance of the Scop in the development of English literature

Folk epic, characteristics of the folk epic
A folk epic is such a long, narrative poem that evolves from the people of the civilization and their lives. It rises above the facts of those lives, although it is grounded in those facts, to the commonality of their human experiences, wisdom, and values. These types of epics are believed to have developed from the orally-transmitted folk poetry of tribal bards or other authors, and were eventually written down by anonymous poets. The poem has some conventional features such as:

1. A journey or quest for the hero.
2. A setting of sufficient scope to make the saga significant, i.e., the salvation of an entire tribe or nation of people.
3. The presence of supernatural forces or beings, either protective or adversarial.
4. A hero of sufficient stature that he is worthy of undertaking the task—perhaps of lofty social station--royalty, nobility, even semi-divine.......

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