is the “Epic of gilgamesh” an epopee?
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https://doi.org/10.14393/artc-v21-n38-2019-50156Keywords:
Gilgamesh epic, Greek epic, third-person autobiographyAbstract
As the Gilgamesh’s poem existed in its own world, as well in ours, this paper discusses the pertinence of applying to him the epic label. From the modern pointo of view, this gender classification depends on the approach to the archaic Greek epic, and responds to the need to situate the text in a constellation of known genres, guiding its reception. From the ancient Babylonian perspective, the epic label seems inadequate, and I propose to understand the poem as the literary counterpart of a narû, of what is called “third-person autobiography”.
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