antiepic

English

Etymology

anti- +‎ epic

Noun

antiepic (plural antiepics)

1. (literature) A literary work challenging the conventions of the epic.
   • 2008, Tanya Caldwell, Virgil Made English, page 124:

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

Translations

a literary work challenging the conventions of the epic

• Portuguese: antiépico m
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