(北京:昆仑出版社,2006年版)按照美国苏美尔学大师克莱默(S.N.Kramer)的定义(拱玉书2006:28):“史诗是一种叙事诗,其中虽然常有神或神化了的怪物以这样或那样的方式参与活动,但主要人物是人或半人半神的英雄。”史诗属于叙事诗的范畴,史诗是一种古老的文学样式,在人类文化史上有着划时代的意义。史诗在漫长的传承过程中融入了大量的神话、传说、故事、谚语等。 (Beijing: Kunlun Press, 2006) According to SNKramer’s definition of Sumerian scholar (Gong Yu 2006: 28): “Epic is a kind of narrative poem, Monsters participate in activities in one way or another, but the main characters are human or half-human heroes. ”Epics belong to the category of narrative poetry. Epic is an ancient literary style with an epoch-making significance in the history of human culture . Epic in the long process of inheritance into a lot of myths, legends, stories, sayings and so on.