antiepic

English

Etymology

From anti- +‎ epic.

Noun

antiepic (plural antiepics)

  1. (literature) A literary work challenging the conventions of the epic.
    • 2008, Tanya Caldwell, Virgil Made English, page 124:
      John Lewkenor, for example, challenges Virgil and the hierarchies of epic in a Petronius-style antiepic.

Translations

Adjective

antiepic (comparative more antiepic, superlative most antiepic)

  1. (literature) Challenging the conventions of the epic.
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