서사시

Sino-Korean word from 敍事詩, from 敍事 (“narration”) + 詩 (“poetry”).

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  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

서사시 • (seosasi) (hanja 敍事詩)

1. epic poem, narrative poem, narrative poetry (poetry that recounts a narrative)

   Hypernym: 시(詩) (si, “poetry”)

   Coordinate terms: 서정시(敍情詩) (seojeongsi, “sentimental poetry, lyric poetry”), 극시(劇詩) (geuksi, “dramatic verse”)

   • 2009, 최두석 [choeduseok], 시와 리얼리즘: 한국 현대 리얼리즘 시 연구 [siwa rieollijeum: han'guk hyeondae rieollijeum si yeon'gu]‎, page 226:

     넓은 의미의 서정시에는 영웅서사시(epic)가 아닌 김동환의 '국경의 밤' 같은 서사시도 포함되고

     neolbeun uimi-ui seojeongsi-eneun yeong'ungseosasi(epic)ga anin Gimdonghwan-ui Gukgyeong'ui bam gateun seosasi-do pohamdoego

     The broader definition of "sentimental poetry" includes narrative poems which are not epic poetry, such as Kim Dong-hwan's Night on the Border

   • 2009, 고정희 [gojeonghui], 한국 고전 시가의 서정시적 탐구 [han'guk gojeon sigaui seojeongsijeok tamgu]‎, page 134:

     만일 평시조와 사설시조가 서정시와 서사시의 양극에 그의 논의처럼 잘 대응한다면

     manil pyeongsijo-wa saseolsijo-ga seojeongsi-wa seosasi-ui yanggeug-e geu-ui nonuicheoreom jal daeeunghandamyeon

     If pyeong-sijo and saseol-sijo do correspond well to the extremes of sentimental and narrative poetry, as he argues

2. epic poem, epic poetry (as opposed to other genres of narrative poetry)

   Synonym: 에픽 (epik)