서사시

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Korean

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key):
  • Phonetic hangul:
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?seosasi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?seosasi
McCune–Reischauer?sŏsasi
Yale Romanization?sēsasi

Noun

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, 시와 리얼리즘: 한국 현대 리얼리즘 시 연구, page 226:
      넓은 의미 서정시에는 영웅서사시(epic) 아닌 김동환 '국경의 밤' 같은 서사시 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, 한국 고전 시가의 서정시적 탐구, page 134:
      만일 시조 사설시조 서정시 서사시 양극 논의처럼 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)