1. Heroic tradition in literature
It is important to trace the roots of heroic epic. ... One of the earliest heroic epics in English Literature is Beowulf. This heroic epic is kept in the tradition of Classical Greek mythology, where the "idea of the hero as the savior of his people dominates" (Jokinen 1996). ... He also possesses many virtues of the epic hero Beowulf, however, "the chivalric hero rarely fights in defense of his people, but in defense of an ideal or an abstraction" (Jokinen 1996). ... Jokinen points out, "the epic hero gets tested in physical combat" (1996), where chivalric hero's test is "spiritual...
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