Etheridge
Freshman English
Spring 2004
Mock Epic Assignment
Mock epic: A literary form that makes fun of the epic by treating a trivial subject in the “grand style” of the epic. It uses the forms/devices of the epic
(the Invocation of the muse, the vast setting, the heroic characters) to make fun of both the epic form itself and the subject matter it mocks.
Assignment : You are to create your own mock epic in a “poem” of 75 lines
. (You don’t
Requirements : have to make it rhyme or to adhere to any strict poetic form. Just set it up in verse, rather than in paragraphs.
1) You must create your own epic hero.
2) You must place him/her in some vast setting.
3) You must place some obstacle/obstacles in his/her path.
4) Your hero must overcome that obstacle.
5) You must make fun of something.
6) You must type the mock epic.
7) Your mock epic must have a creative, interesting title.
Due Dates: Thursday 2/26 Brainstorm
Friday 2/27 Character traits, setting, obstacles list due
Monday
Tuesday
3/1
3/2
First 25 lines due
Rough draft due
Wednesday 3/3 Final draft due