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The depiction of battles in the Mongolian heroic epic "Old Dragon Wise Khan" II

Publication at Faculty of Mathematics and Physics |
2014

Abstract

The previous part of the paper, published in Mongolo-Tibetica Pragensia '11, deals with the general features of heroic epic language with emphasis on its formulaic character. It also discusses the specifics of Mongolian epic language and summarizes the basic poetic devices of the studied text.The aim of the second part is to broaden the illustrative material.

It provides three extracts from the epic depicting the battle scenes, their English translation and notes on their language specifics and means of artistic expression