A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE MEDIEVAL HEROIC EPIC. FEATURES OF “THE SONG OF THE NIBELUNGS” AND “THE TALE OF THE HEIKE”

Serkova Olga Aleksandrovna

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The article presents a brief comparative study of the medieval texts’ features: “The Song of the Nibelungs” and “The Tale of the Heike”. The author identifies similarities and differences in the language, form, structure and content of these texts. The author tries to establish the reasons for the detected similarities and differences, and to compare them.

Keywords: “The Tale of the Heike”, “The Song of the Nibelungs”, comparative analysis, medieval literature, heroic epic, military estate

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Issue: 9, 2012

Pages: 173 — 177

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