서사시

Korean

Sino-Korean word from 敍事詩, from 敍事 (“narration”) + 詩 (“poetry”).

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈsʰɘ(ː)sʰa̠ɕʰi]
Phonetic hangul: [서(ː)사시]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	seosasi
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	seosasi
McCune–Reischauer^?	sŏsasi
Yale Romanization^?	sēsasi

서사시 • (seosasi) (hanja 敍事詩)

epic poem, narrative poem, narrative poetry (poetry that recounts a narrative)
Hypernym: 시(詩) (si, “poetry”)

Coordinate terms: 서정시(敍情詩) (seojeongsi, “sentimental poetry, lyric poetry”), 극시(劇詩) (geuksi, “dramatic verse”)
- 2009, 최두석 [choeduseok], 시와 리얼리즘: 한국 현대 리얼리즘 시 연구 [siwa rieollijeum: han'guk hyeondae rieollijeum si yeon'gu]‎^[1], page 226:
  넓은 의미 의 서정시 에는 영웅서사시(epic)가 아닌 김동환의 '국경의 밤' 같은 서사시도 포함되고
  neolbeun uimi-ui seojeongsi-eneun yeong'ungseosasi(epic)ga anin Gimdonghwan-ui Gukgyeong'ui bam gateun seosasi-do pohamdoego
  The broader definition of "sentimental poetry" includes narrative poems which are not epic poetry, such as Kim Dong-hwan's Night on the Border
- 2009, 고정희 [gojeonghui], 한국 고전 시가의 서정시적 탐구 [han'guk gojeon sigaui seojeongsijeok tamgu]‎^[2], page 134:
  만일 평 시조 와 사설 시조 가 서정시 와 서사시의 양극 에 그 의 논의 처럼 잘 대응한다면
  manil pyeongsijo-wa saseolsijo-ga seojeongsi-wa seosasi-ui yanggeug-e geu-ui nonuicheoreom jal daeeunghandamyeon
  If pyeong-sijo and saseol-sijo do correspond well to the extremes of sentimental and narrative poetry, as he argues
epic poem, epic poetry (as opposed to other genres of narrative poetry)
Synonym: 에픽 (epik)